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Keely Swings Basie-style with Strings

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2002
Track listing: April In Paris; You Go To My Head; How Sweet It Is (to be Loved By You); Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe; Lover; How High the Moon; I Can

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Keely Smith: Keely Swings Basie-style with Strings

Read "Keely Swings Basie-style with Strings" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
November 1, 2002

Keely Smith sounds as sweet and sprightly as ever. Recorded earlier this year, she interprets classic standards with a Southern California “who’s who” of big band artists in support. Recalling the legendary Count Basie Orchestra and adding strings, the album makes a genuine tribute to a powerful force in jazz’s history. Frank Collett’s swinging arrangement of ...