Goin' to Kansas City explained

Goin'to Kansas City
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Buck Clayton with Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City 9
Cover:	Goin' to Kansas City.jpg
Released:	1960
Recorded:	October 5 & 6, 1960 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:13
Label:	Riverside RLP 353
Producer:	Tommy Gwaltney
Chronology:	Buck Clayton
Prev Title:	Swingin' with Pee Wee
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Buck & Buddy
Next Year:	1960

Goin' to Kansas City is an album by American jazz trumpeter Buck Clayton with Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City 9 featuring tracks recorded in late 1960 for the Riverside label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "Although the nonet performs a variety of songs associated with Kansas City Jazz of the swing era, the arrangements are modern and unpredictable".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Hello Babe" (Dicky Wells) - 3:00
2. "An Old Manuscript" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 3:26
3. "Kansas City Ballad" (Tommy Newsom) - 3:06
4. "The Jumping Blues" (Jay McShann, Charlie Parker) - 4:07
5. "Walter Page" (Tommy Gwaltney) - 4:27
6. "Midnight Mama" (Jelly Roll Morton) - 4:39
7. "John's Idea" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham) - 3:05
8. "Steppin' Pretty" (Mary Lou Williams) - 3:12
9. "Dedicated to You" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret) - 3:34
10. "The New Tulsa Blues" (Bennie Moten) - 4:37

Personnel

• Buck Clayton - trumpet
• Bobby Zottola - trumpet, peck horn
• Dicky Wells - trombone
• Tommy Newsom - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Tommy Gwaltney - alto saxophone, clarinet, vibraphone, xylophone
• John Bunch - piano
• Charlie Byrd - guitar
• Whitey Mitchell - bass
• Buddy Schutz - drums

Technical

• Phil Ramone - engineer

Landmark

After an urban renewal project in the 1960s, Vine Street no longer intersects 12th Street, but at the former intersection the city created the Goin' to Kansas City Plaza.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-300-series/#rlp-353 Riverside Records discography
2. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/buck-clayton-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2012
4. Web site: Kansas City Has No '12th Street And Vine'. Charles Ferruzza. 2022-02-02 .