Jay McShann was a bandleader originally from Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Discography[]
- 78s
- Confessin' the Blues / Hootie Blues (1941) as Jay McShann and His Orchestra
- 'Fore Day Rider / Hootie's Ignorant Oil (1941)
- Swingmatism / Vine Street Boogie (1941) as Jay McShann and His Orchestra
- Hold 'Em Hootie / Dexter Blues (1941) as Jay McShann and His Orchestra
- Lonely Boy Blues / Sepian Bounce (1942) as Jay McShann and His Orchestra
- New Confessin' the Blues / Red River Blues (1942)
- One Woman's Blues / So You Won't Jump (1942) as Jay McShann and His Orchestra
- Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay / Baby Heart Blues (1942)
- Get Me on Your Mind / The Jumpin' Blues (1943) as Jay McShann and His Orchestra
- Merry-Go-Round-Blues / Bad Tale Boogie 1945) as Jay McShann and His Orchestra
- Hootie Boogie / Garfield Avenue Blues (1945) as Jay McShann's Sextet
- Come On Over to My House / Trouble in Mind (1945) as Jay McShann and His Kansas City Stompers
- Hootie Boogie / Garfield Avenue Blues (1946) as Jay McShann and the Sextet
- Voodoo Woman Blues / Bucktown Boogie (1946) as Jay McShann and the Sextet
- Shipyard Woman Blues / Crown Prince Boogie (1946) as Jay McShann and the Sextet
- I Want a Little Girl / Jimtown Boogie (1946) as Jay McShann and the Sextet
- Roll On Katy / Ernestine (1946) as Jay McShann and the Sextet
- Bullie Woogie / Money Getting Cheaper (1947)
- Please Stop Playing Those Blues, Boy / Barfly Blues (1947) as Jay McShann and His Orchestra
- You Turned Your Back on Me / Black Train Blues (1948) as Jay McShann and His Orchestra
- Studio Albums
- Goin' to Kansas City Blues (1957)
- McShann's Piano (1967)
- Confessin' the Blues (1970)
- Going to Kansas City (1972)
- Jumpin' the Blues (1972) with Milt Buckner
- The Band That Jumps the Blues! (1973)
- Vine Street Boogie (1974)
- Kansas City Joys (1976) with Buddy Tate, Paul Quinichette
- Crazy Legs & Friday Strut (1977) with Buddy Tate
- Kansas City On My Mind (1977)
- The Last of the Blue Devils (1978)
- A Tribute to Fats Waller (1978)
- Kansas City Hustle (1978)
- The Big Apple Bash (1979)
- The Man from Muskogee (1980) with Claude Williams
- Tuxedo Junction (1980) with Don Thompson
- Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players (1980) with Ralph Sutton
- Saturday Night Function (1981) with the Sackville All-Stars
- After Hours (1982)
- Best of Friends (1982) with Al Casey
- Blowin' in from K.C. (1983) with Joe Thomas
- Just a Lucky So and So (1984)
- Roll 'Em (1987)
- Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players (1989) with Ralph Sutton
- Paris All-Star Blues (1991)
- Blue Pianos with Axel Zwingenberger
- A Tribute to Charlie Parker (1991)
- Stride Piano Summit (1991) with Dick Hyman, Ralph Sutton
- Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann (1992) with Jimmy Witherspoon
- The Missouri Connection (1983) with John Hicks
- Some Blues (1993)
- Airmail Special (1994)
- Swingmatism (1994) with Don Thompson
- Piano Playhouse (1996)
- Hootie's Jumpin' Blues (1997) with Duke Robillard
- My Baby with the Black Dress On (1998)
- Still Jumpin' the Blues (1999) with Duke Robillard, Maria Muldaur
- What a Wonderful World (1999)
- Hootie! (2000)
- Goin' to Kansas City (2004) with Duke Robillard
- Hootie Blues (2006)
- EPs
- Early Bird (1973) with Charlie Parker
- Compilation Albums
- Kansas City Memories (1973)
- Live Albums
- Live in France Vol. 2 (1984) with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson