| Goin'to Kansas City | ||||
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| Studio album by Buck Clayton with Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City 9 | ||||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | October 5 & 6, 1960 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:13 | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP 353 | |||
| Producer | Tommy Gwaltney | |||
| Buck Clayton chronology | ||||
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Goin' to Kansas City is an album by American jazz trumpeter Buck Clayton with Tommy Gwaltney's Kansas City 9 featuring tracks recorded in late 1960 for the Riverside label. [1] [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "Although the nonet performs a variety of songs associated with Kansas City Jazz of the swing era, the arrangements are modern and unpredictable". [3]
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