Pianist and bandleader Jay McShann died at a hospital today (Dec. 7) in Kansas City, Mo., following a brief illness. He was 90 years old. By Billboard Staff Pianist and bandleader Jay McShann died at ...

Jay McShann, one of the grand old warriors of jazz, died of a lung ailment Dec. 7 in Kansas City, Mo., where he devised his unique blend of boogie woogie, blues and jazz that helped form the ...

Known as "Hootie" to his friends, bluesman supreme Jay McShann served as the living legacy of Kansas City jazz. As a bandleader, pianist, singer and composer, McShann was an unsung yet influential ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Jay McShann, whose piano boogie-woogie, blues and swing music influenced Kansas City jazz for more than 70 years, has died at the age of 90. He performed last year at ...

Kansas City, MO. (December 8, 2006) - Jay McShann, the veteran pianist closely identified with the Kansas City tradition of jazz and blues, passed away yesterday at the age of 90 at St. Luke's ...

For roughly 90 minutes Tuesday evening, it seemed as if the musical clock had been turned back to about 1937, when a young pianist named Jay McShann was raising sparks in any number of Kansas City ...

Jay McShann, whose robust, blues-flavored style of jazz piano helped shape the Kansas City sound of the 1930s, and who launched the career of jazz great Charlie Parker, died Dec. 7 at St. Luke's ...

Okay, it is true that ninety-year-old legend Jay McShann was only 85 when he recorded this live album in early 2001 at the Montreal Bistro in Toronto, intending it for broadcast on CBC Radio. But I ...

Pianist Jay "Hootie" McShann was one of the legends of the Kansas City jazz scene. Born in Muskogee, Okla., in 1916, McShann picked up the piano as a young boy, following his older sister to her piano ...

Jay McShann, a jazz pianist known for his hard-driving, bluesy style but probably best known for giving Charlie Parker his first big break, died Thursday in Kansas City, Mo. He was 90, according to ...

Jay McShann, one of the grand old warriors of jazz, died of a lung ailment Dec. 7 in Kansas City, Mo., where he devised his unique blend of boogie woogie, blues and jazz that helped form the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...