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 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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Count Basie & Helen Humes – I Cried for You
Count Basie & Helen Humes – I Cried for You
“I Cried for You” is a  jazz standard with music written by Arthur Freed and Abe Lyman, with lyrics by Gus Arnheim. Count Basie & [More]
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Helen Humes with Dexter Gordon’s Orchestra – Ain’t Gonna Quit You Baby
Helen Humes with Dexter Gordon’s Orchestra – Ain’t Gonna Quit You Baby
Personnel: Helen Humes – vocals Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone Freddie Simon – baritone saxophone Vernon Smith – trumpet Ernie Freeman – piano Red Callender [More]
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