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Title
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Big Joe Turner
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Description
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Obituary article about Big Joe Turner, an early Kansas City blues singer dying at the age of 74 on November 24, 1985 in California. Former singer and bartender "at the Sunset Club, owned by Felix Payne, managed by Piney Brown, and with house piano by Pete Johnson."
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Date
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1985-11-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Unsung Heroes of Rock' n ' Roll
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Description
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File containing photos and a chapter of the book about Big Joe Turner (1911-1985), a jazz and blues singer in 1920s-1930s Kansas City. Native Kansas Citian starting out here at such nightclubs as the Sunset Club and working with Count Basie and Bennie Moton before leaving for New York City in the late 1940s, recording fellow Kansas Citian Jesse Stone's 1954 hit "Shake, Rattle and Roll."
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Date
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1984
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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An Afternoon with Jay McShann
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Description
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Interview with Jay McShann, in which he discusses his jazz education, playing with Joe Turner, and his upbringing in a religious family.
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Date
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2006-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Clear Your Calendar -- Stan's Big Joe Turner Birthday Bash Coming May 20!
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Description
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Article announces the May 20, 2006 celebration of Big Joe Turner's birthday by the Kansas City Blues Society. Turner (whose birth date is actually May 18th), is best remembered for his original version of "Shake, Rattle and Roll," but was a popular singer in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri throughout the 1930's.
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Date
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2006-05-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Last of the Blue Devils
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Description
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Presents the story of Kansas City jazz in the twenties and thirties, when this midwestern city acquired an intense concentration of nightlife. Includes performances by, and interviews with, Count Basie and his orchestra, Bennie Motten and his orchestra, Joe Turner, Jay McShann, Charlie Parker, and the Oklahoma Blue Devils.
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Date
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1979
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Object Type
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Audio Visual
