as well as a pianist, often with violinist Claude Williams. He continued recording and touring through the 1990s. Well into his 80s, McShann still performed occasionally, particularly in the Kansas City area and Toronto, Ontario, where he made his last recording, "Hootie Blues", in February 2001, after a recording career of 61 years. In 1979, he appeared prominently in The Last of the Blue Devils, a documentary film about Kansas City jazz. One of McShann's favorite stories to tell was how band member and friend Charlie Parker got his nickname "Bird". During their drive to a gig in Nebraska with a car full of musicians, the driver of the car accidentally hit a chicken. According to McShann, Parker requested the driver turn around so he could get the bird, and sat with it in the backseat of the car all the way to Lincoln. Once they arrived he asked the keeper of the home they were staying in to cook it up for him. McShann died on December 7, 2006, in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 90. Awards and honors Member, Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, 1998 Member, Blues Hall of Fame Member, Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, 1989 Pioneer Award, Rhythm and Blues Foundation Grammy nomination, Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance, Paris All-Star Blues (A Tribute to Charlie Parker), 1991 Grammy nomination, Best Traditional Blues Album, Goin' to Kansas City, 2003 American Jazz Masters Grant from National Endowment for the Arts, 1986 Discography As leader Goin' to Kansas City Blues (RCA Victor, 1957) McShann's Piano (Capitol, 1967) Confessin' the Blues (Black and Blue, 1970) Going to Kansas City (Master Jazz, 1972) Jumpin' the Blues with Milt Buckner (Black and Blue, 1972) Kansas City Memories (Black and Blue, 1973) The Band That Jumps the Blues! (Black Lion, 1973) Early Bird with Charlie Parker (Spotlite, 1973) Vine Street Boogie (Black Lion, 1974) Kansas City Joys with Buddy Tate, Paul Quinichette (Sonet, 1976) Crazy Legs & Friday Strut with Buddy Tate (Sackville, 1977) Kansas City On My Mind (Black and Blue, 1977) The Last of the Blue Devils (Atlantic, 1978) A Tribute to Fats Waller (Sackville, 1978) Kansas City Hustle (Sackville, 1978) The Big Apple Bash (Atlantic, 1979) The Man from Muskogee with Claude Williams (Sackville, 1980) Tuxedo Junction with Don Thompson (Sackville, 1980) Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players with Ralph Sutton (Chaz Jazz, 1980) Saturday Night Function with