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Jay McShann

real name James Columbus McShann

Muskogee, United States · 1916-01-12 – 2006-12-07

Jay McShann is credited on 1,100 releases across 277 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,100

Credits

277

Albums

8

Decades active

122

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American jazz pianist, singer, band leader and composer in Kansas City in the 1930s and '40s, best known as the band leader who helped launch the career of Charlie Parker
Born January 12, 1916 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, died December 07, 2006 in Kansas City, Missouri

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1,100 releases · 277 albums · active 1950–2022

  • Performance · 1,690
  • Other credits · 28

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Town Hall, New York · Plaza Sound Studios · Atlantic Studios

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