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Basie Meets Bond

Label: Victor
Released: 2002

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Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 007, The Golden Horn, Girl Trouble, Kingston Calypso, Goldfinger, Thunderball, From Russia With Love, Dr. No's Fantasy, Underneath The Mango Tree, The James Bond Theme, Dr. No's Fantasy (First Version)

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Count Basie: Basie Meets Bond

Read "Basie Meets Bond" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 25, 2002

Leave it to one of the most swinging big bands of its time to make a silk purse out of a cow’s ear. Visiting themes from James Bond movies, arrangers Chico O’Farrill and George Williams craft hip and bristling versions of what might appear to be less than complimentary pieces for jazz exploration. But then O’Farrill ...

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