Goin' to Kansas City

Professional ratings

Review scores
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]

1. "Hello Babe" (Dicky Wells) - 3:00
2. "An Old Manuscript" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 3:26
3. "Kansas City Ballad" (Tommy Newsom) - 3:06
4. "The Jumping Blues" (Jay McShann, Charlie Parker) - 4:07
5. "Walter Page" (Tommy Gwaltney) - 4:27
6. "Midnight Mama" (Jelly Roll Morton) - 4:39
7. "John's Idea" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham) - 3:05
8. "Steppin' Pretty" (Mary Lou Williams) - 3:12
9. "Dedicated to You" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret) - 3:34
10. "The New Tulsa Blues" (Bennie Moten) - 4:37

• Buck Clayton - trumpet
• Bobby Zottola - trumpet, peck horn
• Dicky Wells - trombone
• Tommy Newsom - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Tommy Gwaltney - alto saxophone, clarinet, vibraphone, xylophone
• John Bunch - piano
• Charlie Byrd - guitar
• Whitey Mitchell - bass
• Buddy Schutz - drums

Technical

• Phil Ramone - engineer

After an urban renewal project in the 1960s, Vine Street no longer intersects 12th Street, but at the former intersection the city created the Goin' to Kansas City Plaza.^[4]