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The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings
By Count Basie
Label: Victor
Released: 2005
Count Basie: Good Time Blues
by Donald Elfman
Is there any sound more timeless in all of jazz than that of the Basie Orchestra? The title of this new Pablo release might be a perfect description of the essence of the Basie band--except one might add the word swingin'. This is the band that perfected a sound and a feeling that define what's best ...
The Count Basie Orchestra and Vocalist Lizz Wright
by Victor L. Schermer
The Count Basie Orchestra and Vocalist Lizz Wright The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA May 6, 2005 During this past concert season, the Mellon Jazz Festival at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, has offered a number of double bills, perhaps to provide variety and contrast, suggest comparisons, and include more artists. The pairing of ...
Count Basie & His Orchestra: Good Time Blues
by Chris M. Slawecki
Recorded in Budapest, this previously unissued 1970 performance proves that nobody could make feeling the blues swing good and hard like Count Basie. Especially when fronting a typically first-rate orchestra, in this case featuring Eddie “Lockjaw Davis on tenor sax, returning son Harry “Sweets Edison (who first played with Basie in the late 1930s) on trumpet, ...
100th Birthday Bash
By Count Basie
Label: Roulette Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: Disc One -- Whirly Bird; Goin' to Chicago; Cute; I Want a Little Girl; Teach Me Tonight; The Late Late Show; Lonesome Lover Blues; Blue and Sentimental; Trav'lin' Light; Farouk; For Lena and Lennie; Untouchable; Everyday (I Have the Blues); I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face (51:01). Disc Two -- Jumpin' at the Woodside; Li'l Darlin'; If I Were a Bell; Splanky; Ain't No Use; Until I Met You (Corner Pocket); She's Funny That Way; The Late Late Show; Jeepers Creepers; Jelly Jelly; Katy Do; Save Your Love for Me; April in Paris; One O'Clock Jump (47:26).
The Count Basie Story
By Count Basie
Label: Roulette Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: Disc 1 -- Broadway; Down for Double; Lester Leaps In; Topsy; Jumpin' at the Woodside; Taps Miller; Shorty George; Doggin' Around; Avenue C; Jive at Five; Rock-a-Bye Basie; Moten Swing (41:01). Disc 2 -- Swingin' the Blues; Sent for You Yesterday; Tickle Toe; Blue and Sentimental; Time Out; 9:20 Special; Red Bank Boogie; Every Tub; Dickie's Dream; Texas Shuffle; Out the Window; Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong); Good Morning Blues; Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (44:00).
