Jay McShann Quotes

As long as Pete and Joe are there, it's gonna be jumping.
Jay McShann

Long, Gonna, Jumping

I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him.
Jay McShann

Book, Him, Play

I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was one of the greatest times that I had listening to music.
Jay McShann

Music, Greatest, Everything

It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn.
Jay McShann

Time, Two, Place

My family was a Christian family. But I had to get to Kansas to play the blues.
Jay McShann

Family, Christian, Play

They had the music being piped right out on the street. I'd be three or four blocks from there and I couldn't get there fast enough because I'd hear old Joe holler them words.
Jay McShann

Music, Words, Enough

We didn't let a night go by that we didn't play.
Jay McShann

We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out.
Jay McShann

Old, Used, Horn

We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used to do a little boogie woogie. The big bands.
Jay McShann

Play, Big, Used

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: January 12, 1916

Died: December 7, 2006

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