Count Basie Orchestra with Helen Humes – Dark Rapture (1938)
Count Basie Orchestra with Helen Humes – Dark Rapture (1938)
“Dark Rapture” (Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Manny Kurtz). Personnel: Count Basie – piano Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Ed Lewis – trumpets Dicky Wells, Dan [More]
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Count Basie Orchestra feat. Jimmy Rushing – You Can’t Run Around (1940)
Count Basie Orchestra feat. Jimmy Rushing – You Can’t Run Around (1940)
‘You Can’t Run Around” (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing). Personnel: Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Al Killian – trumpet Dicky Wells, Vick Dickenson, Dan Minor [More]
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Count Basie and His Orchestra – Easy Does It (1940)
Count Basie and His Orchestra – Easy Does It (1940)
“Easy Does It” (Oliver Young). Personnel: Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Al Killian – trumpet Dicky Wells, Vick Dickenson, Dan Minor – trombone Earl [More]
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Count Basie and His Orchestra – Someday, Sweetheart (1939)
Count Basie and His Orchestra – Someday, Sweetheart (1939)
“Someday Sweetheart” is a jazz standard written by Los Angeles-based musicians John and Reb Spikes in 1919. It was the biggest hit the brothers wrote [More]
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Lester Young and Charlie Christian 1939 -1940
Lester Young and Charlie Christian 1939 -1940
Despite the billing, the majority of this LP features the Count Basie orchestra during 1939-40 with a generous amount of solo space given to the [More]
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Count Basie – Live 1954 (Savoy Ballroom, New York)
Count Basie – Live 1954 (Savoy Ballroom, New York)
Thе Cоunt Bаѕіе Roseland gіgѕ frоm 1953-54 аrе wеll dосumеntеd, but nоt so hіѕ one-nighter аt the Sаvоу Bаllrооm frоm 1954, сарturеd hеrе іn bеаutіful [More]
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Count Basie and His Orchestra – April in Paris (1965)
Count Basie and His Orchestra – April in Paris (1965)
“April in Paris” (Vernon Duke). Count Basie and his Orchestra _____________________ 1965
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Count Basie and His Orchestra – Sweet Georgia Brown
Count Basie and His Orchestra – Sweet Georgia Brown
“Sweet Georgia Brown” is a jazz standard and pop tune composed in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard, with lyrics by Kenneth Casey. The [More]
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Count Basie and his Orchestra in London, 1965
Count Basie and his Orchestra in London, 1965
  On Sept. 18, 1965, Count Basie was in the U.K. touring when the band appeared on the BBC’s Show of the Week. Basie’s New [More]
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Paul Robeson with Count Basie and His Orchestra – King Joe
Paul Robeson with Count Basie and His Orchestra – King Joe
Track listing: A- King Joe (Joe Louis Blues) – Part 1 0:00 B- King Joe (Joe Louis Blues)- Part 2 3:20 Written by – Basie, [More]
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