| Kansas City Revisited | ||||
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| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | October 23, 1958 Olmstead Studios, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | United Artists UAL 4008/UAS 5008 | |||
| Producer | Jack Lewis | |||
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Kansas City Revisited is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Bob Brookmeyer featuring Brookmeyer's new orchestrations of 1920s and '30s era Kansas City jazz tunes. The album was recorded in 1958 for the United Artists label. [1] [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it a "memorable set" and stated "Cool jazz meets swing on this valuable but long out-of-print LP". [3]
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