Kansas City Six

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Kansas City Six

jazz swing music
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When they had time off from the <a href="spotify:artist:2Hn9fch2OLB5jZuEAVjTCe">Count Basie Orchestra</a> in the late 1930s, <a href="spotify:artist:2jFZlvIea42ZvcCw4OeEdA">the Count</a>'s rhythm musicians formed a small ensemble called the <a href="spotify:artist:5BF1mEh9fCkiv1EasGVe0H">Kansas City Five</a>. And when legendary tenor saxophonist <a href="spotify:artist:05E3NBxNMdnrPtxF9oraJm">Lester Young</a> joined the band, it became the Kansas City Six. Commodore Records founder <a href="spotify:artist:63BdaDckv7KmATeVPhl92s">Milt Gabler</a> realized a stripped-down, straightforward recording of such fine musicians as trumpeter <a href="spotify:artist:0ywVlWLmExvuNb8Sf4as7w">Bill Coleman</a>, trombonist <a href="spotify:artist:5MqVP2STEahjDPGN7ImLcW">Dicky Wells</a> and drummer <a href="spotify:artist:5iCN8xlg1r3uXDW5yLFHmJ">Jo Jones</a> could produce such potent music as "Three Little Words," "Jo-Jo" and "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans." ~ Ron DePasquale

Monthly Listeners

2,583

Followers

1,258

Total Streams

8.0 million

Top Cities

United Kingdom London
36 listeners
Spain Madrid
30 listeners
United States Los Angeles
33 listeners
United States New York City
37 listeners
Mexico Mexico City
28 listeners

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Popular Tracks

53 tracks
1
Good Morning Blues - Live

Good Morning Blues - Live

Jan 1, 2000

685,933

streams

2
Good Mornin' Blues

Good Mornin' Blues

Jun 25, 2004

685,933

streams

3
I Want a Little Girl

I Want a Little Girl

Aug 12, 2009

679,837

streams

4
I Want A Little Girl

I Want A Little Girl

Jan 1, 1997

679,837

streams

5
Countless Blues (Take 2)

Countless Blues (Take 2)

May 3, 2011

586,018

streams

6
Pagin the Devil

Pagin the Devil

May 1, 2013

417,320

streams

7
Pagin’ the Devil (Take 1)

Pagin’ the Devil (Take 1)

May 25, 2010

417,320

streams

8
Pagin' The Devil

Pagin' The Devil

Jan 1, 1997

417,320

streams

9
Paging the Devil

Paging the Devil

Aug 12, 2009

417,320

streams

10
Paging The Devil

Paging The Devil

Nov 7, 2013

417,320

streams

Releases

1 releases
Retro Records

Retro Records

2014

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