The great veteran pianist Jay Mc Shann, nicknamed Hootie, has enjoyed a remarkable & long career. He is mostly self-taught as a pianist & over the past seven decades has delivered the hard-swinging music of Kansas City imbued with foot pattin' rhythms, boogie woogie beats, & the cryin' & shoutin' blues. This release captures him live in Paris in 1989. Tracklist: ' Yardbird Suite', ' Blues Impressions', ' Harlem Nocturne', ' Moten Swing', ' Tender Touch', ' Vine Street Boogie', ' Jump the Blues', ' Lonely Boy Blues' & ' Yardbird Suite Reprise'.