Count Basie: At last... Swing !

Count Basie (p) with Joe Newman (tp) Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb) Marshall Royal (as) Paul Quinichette, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bs) Al Hibbler (voc) and more...

Honeysucle rose / One o'clock jump / John's idea / Blue and sentimental / Doggin' around / Jive at five / Broadway / Down for double / Taps Miller / Rambo / Bill's mill / I never knew / Slider / Golden Bullet / Song of the islands / Little pony / Every tub / Bread / Sent for you yesterday / Playmouth rock

Das Count Basie Orchestra ist der Prototyp einer Swing Big Band. Zwischen dynamisch und gemütlich bewegt sich das Repertoire, das eine vorzügliche Plattform für die Ausnahmesolisten wie Lester Young, Buck Clayton oder Harry Edison bietet.

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COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA

All tracks recorded in New York, except 20 that were recorded in Los Angeles.

Tracks 1-6
Collective personnel: Buck Clayton, Joe Keyes, Carl Smith, Bobby Moore, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison (tp); George Hunt, Dan Minor, Benny Morton, Eddie Durham, Dicky Wells (tb); Caughey Roberts, Earle Warren (as); Lester Young, Herschel Evans (cl, ts); Jack Washington (bs); Count Basie (p); Claude Williams (only on 1), Freddie Green (g); Walter Page (b); Jo Jones (d). January 21 to February 4, 1939. Decca.

Tracks 7-10
Featuring musicians: Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Joe Newman (tp) Dicky Wells, J.J. Johnson (tb), Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell, Lester Young, Buddy Tate, Lucky Thompson, Illinois Jacquet (ts); Count Basie (p); Freddie Green (g); Walter Page (b); Jo Jones (d). Jimmy Mundy, Buster Harding (arr). Recorded between 1940 and 1946. Columbia.

Tracks 11-13
Featuring musicians: Harry Edison, Emmett Berry, Clark Terry (tp); Dicky Wells (tb); Earl Warren (as); Paul Gonsalves, Buddy Tate (ts); Count Basie (p); Freddie Green (g); Walter Page (b); Jo Jones (d). 1947-49. RCA.

Tracks 14-15
Count Basie Octet: Clark Terry (tp); Buddy DeFranco (cl); Charlie Rouse or Wardell Gray (ts); Serge Chaloff or Rutherford (bs); Count Basie (p); Freddie Green (g); Jimmy Lewis (b); Buddy Rich or Gus Johnson (d). May-November 1950. Columbia.

Track 16
Count Basie Orchestra. Featuring soloist: Wardell Gray. April 10, 1951. Columbia.

Tracks 17-19
Count Basie Orchestra. Featuring musicians: Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb); Marshall Royal (as); Paul Quinichette, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts); Charlie Fowlkes (bs); Count Basie (p). Al Hibbler (vcl on 19). January-July, 1952. Clef Records.

Track 20 Count Basie Orchestra, Featuring musicians: Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker (tb); Frank Wess, Frank Foster (ts); Count Basie (p); Eddie Jones (b); Gus Johnson (d). July 13, 1953. Clef Records.