This 78-track 3-CD collection comprises recordings, both solo and with his various line-ups, from these years

Jay McShann was an R&B, blues and jazz pianist, singer, composer and bandleader, originally hailing from Oklahoma but basing himself in Kansas City, who played an important role during the 1940s and '50s scene as a leading performer of a particular style of R&B which spanned the various shades of the genre, and provided an important vehicle for top vocalists of the era like Jimmy Witherspoon and Walter Brown, as well as an early staging post for fellow Kansas City luminary Charlie Parker. This 78-track 3-CD collection comprises recordings, both solo and with his various line-ups, from these years on the Decca, Capitol, Aladdin, Premier, Mercury, Supreme, Swing Time/Downbeat, Modern, Rex Hollywood and Vee Jay labels. Includes the No. 1 R&B hit 'Ain't Nobody's Business (Pts 1&2)' featuring Jimmy Witherspoon, and his other hits 'Get Me On Your Mind', 'Buttermilk', 'Hot Biscuits' and Hands Off'. It features performances by featured vocalists Jimmy Witherspoon, Walter Brown, Julia Lee, Numa Lee Davis, Lois Booker, Maxine Reed and Priscilla Bowman. Although he continued performing through the rest of the century, this collection captures an era at which he was at the peak of his influence and relevance, and is a great showcase for his distinctive style of R&B and blues.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Confessin' The Blues
• Hootie Blues
• Swingmatism
• Vine Street Boogie
• Hold 'Em Hootie
• Dexter Blues
• Red River Blues
• One Woman's Man
• So You Won't Jump
• Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
• Baby Heart Blues
• Fore Day Rider
• Lonely Boy Blues
• Sepian Bounce
• The Jumpin' Blues
• Wrong Neighborhood
• Trouble In Mind
• Come On Over To My House
• Moten Swing
• Mcshann's Boogie Blues
• Confessin' The Blues
• Walking
• Hard Working Man Blues
• When I've Been Drinking

Disc 2:

• Hootie Boogie
• Garfield Avenue Blues
• Crown Prince Boogie
• Shipyard Woman Blues
• Roll On, Katy
• Ernestine
• Voodoo Woman Blues
• Jimtown Boogie
• I Want A Little Girl
• Gone With The Blues
• Have You Ever Loved A Woman?
• All My Geets Are Gone
• Strange Woman Blues
• W.B. Blues
• Please Stop Playing Those Blues, Boy
• Barfly Blues
• Just Thinkin'
• Lovin' Beggar
• Frogmore Blues
• Wee Baby Blues
• Ain't Nobody's Business Pt1
• Ain't Nobody's Business Pt2
• Third Floor Blues
• Back Water Blues
• How Long Blues

Disc 3:

• Skid Row Blues
• Money Eyes Woman
• Thinkin' About My Baby
• Spoon Calls Hootie
• Call My Baby
• The New Look
• Big Heart
• M.R. Boogie
• Drunk Broke And Hungry
• Destruction Blues
• Funny Style Baby
• Cold Blooded Boogie
• Long About Dawn
• Lush Head Woman
• Hot Biscuits
• Slow Drag Blues
• Buttermilk
• Twelve O'Clock Whistle
• Soft Winds
• Mello Drag
• Same Old Blues
• Cover Up
• Scotty Can Blow (Kicks)
• Way Out
• Hands Off
• My Darkest Night
• Jay's Jam
• Hootie Blues

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: R & B

Run Time: 210 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 07/11/25

UPC: 824046916923