Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

Lester Young · 1938 · Kansas City Five, 1938

Context

Standard recorded in 1938 by the Kansas City Five, with Lester Young on clarinet or tenor. It opens the 1961 Commodore compilation.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Kansas City, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Kansas City: Blues, spirituals, work songs.

By the same artist

• Countless Blues (1938)
• I Want a Little Girl (1938)
• Pagin' the Devil (1938)
• Them There Eyes (Lester Young) (1938)
• Oh, Lady Be Good! (1936)

Sources

• jazzmusicarchives.com

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