Jay McShann

• The Big Apple Bash [Atlantic, 1979] B+

Consumer Guide Reviews:

The Big Apple Bash [Atlantic, 1979]
Those who want blues from the 12th Street and Vine will enjoy McShann's album with T-Bone Walker (on Classic Jazz). This is something else--Kansas City jazz rendered by an instrumental ensemble that never gets bigger than the mid-'70s Rolling Stones. And although I'm no aficionado of the horn chart, I enjoy the interplay of instrumental colors on standards by Waller, Basie, Ellington, and McShann. B+