Kansas City Six

The story

When they had time off from the Count Basie Orchestra in the late 1930s, the Count's rhythm musicians formed a small ensemble called The Kansas City Five, with trumpeter Buck Clayton, drummer Jo Jones, bassist Walter Page, rhythm guitarist Freddie Green and Eddie Durham's electric guitar (as a replacement for Count Basie's piano). When Lester Young joined the band, on clarinet and tenor sax, it became the Kansas City Six.

Line-up (ca. 1938):

Buck Clayton (Trumpet)

From Discogs, written by its community.

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Records

• Three Little Words / Four O'Clock Drag · 1944
• I Got Rhythm / Jo Jo · 1944

Records from Discogs. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive.

Members

• Eddie Durham
• Lester Young
• Jo Jones
• Buck Clayton
• Walter Page
• Freddie Green
• Bill Coleman
• Charlie Christian
• Joe Bushkin
• Dickie Wells
• John Simmons

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Kansas City Six in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Kansas City Six in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Kansas City Six

• Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang100% match
• Jones-Smith Incorporated56% match
• Lester Young Quartet49% match
• Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra44% match
• The Kansas City Six43% match
• Kansas City Five27% match
• Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra20% match
• Bechet-Spanier Big Four16% match

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