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Goin' to Kansas City

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Goin'to Kansas City
Studio album by
Buck Clayton with Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City 9
Released1960
RecordedOctober 5 & 6, 1960
New York City
GenreJazz
Length37:13
LabelRiverside
RLP 353
ProducerTommy Gwaltney
Buck Clayton chronology
Swingin' with Pee Wee
(1960)
Goin'to Kansas City
(1960)
Buck & Buddy
(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

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

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

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  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

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Technical

Landmark

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed November 7, 2012
  2. ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton accessed June 30, 2017
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2012
  4. ^ Charles Ferruzza. "Kansas City Has No '12th Street And Vine'". Retrieved 2022-02-02.