Goin' to Kansas City
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.
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".Track listing
- "Hello Babe" - 3:00
- "An Old Manuscript" - 3:26
- "Kansas City Ballad" - 3:06
- "The Jumping Blues" - 4:07
- "Walter Page" - 4:27
- "Midnight Mama" - 4:39
- "John's Idea" - 3:05
- "Steppin' Pretty" - 3:12
- "Dedicated to You" - 3:34
- "The New Tulsa Blues" - 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
- Phil Ramone - engineer