ProJazz.net

“Hay Burner” (Sammy Nestico).

Album: “Basie Straight Ahead” (1968). Basie Straight Ahead is an album recorded at TTG Studios, Hollywood, California in October 1968 featuring Count Basie and his orchestra. The tunes were all composed, arranged and conducted by Sammy Nestico. The engineers were Ami Hadani and Thorne Nogar, and the producers were Tom Mack and Teddy Reig. The disc was issued in 1968 on Dot label and on English EMI.

Personnel:
Count Basie – piano
Sonny Cohn, Gene Goe, Oscar Brashear, Al Aarons – trumpet
Grover Mitchell, Richard Boone, Bill Hughes, Steve Galloway – trombone
Marshal Royal, Bobby Plater – alto saxophone
Eric Dixon Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Freddie Green – guitar
Norman Keenan – double bass
Harold Jones – drums