Quotes About Jay McShann

Whenever I'm in Kansas City, I think back to all the jazz-blues greats who played the blues here - like Count Basie, Charlie Parker and Jay McShann. I watched those guys jam in different places and heard a lot of things - but I couldn't do what they did. They were too good.

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.