Sing a Song of Basie is a 1957 album by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Track listing: “Every Day I Have the Blues” (Memphis Slim) – 5:18 “It’s Sand, Man!” (Hendricks, Lambert, Ed Lewis) – 2:27 [More]
“Blues in Frankie’s Flat” (Arranged by Frank Foster). This medium swing chart composed by Frank Foster and Count Basie trades the melody between the trumpets and saxes, includes a solo or soli for trumpet, and [More]
Track listing: A1 On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (Lerner, Lane) 3:05 A2 Happy (James, Bellson, Paich) 3:46 A3 It Was A Very Good Year (Ervin Drake) 2:56 A4 Trav’lin’ Light (Mundy, Mercer, [More]
Twо оf оrgаnіѕt Mіlt Buckner’s fіnаl rесоrdѕ wеrе an all-star set that fеаturеd еіthеr Illіnоіѕ Jacquet or Buddy Tate оn tenor оr trоmbоnіѕt Kаі Winding, аnd a ԛuаrtеt оutіng wіth Jасԛuеt. All оf the music [More]
Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan is a 1961 album by American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, with arrangements by Frank Foster, Thad Jones and Ernie Wilkins. The original LP was part [More]
“Imagination” (Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke). From the album “Milt Buckner-Milt Buckner” (1976/1996). Personnel: Sonny Payne – drums Koos Van Der Sluis – bass Joop Scholten – guitar Milt Buckner – organ Buddy Tate, [More]
The Thinking Man’s Trombone is an album by American jazz trombonist Al Grey released in 1960 on Argo Records. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, calling the music ” swinging and [More]
Basie/Eckstine Incorporated is a 1959 studio album featuring Billy Eckstine and the Count Basie Orchestra. Michael G. Nastos, writing for Allmusic, notes that :”It would be difficult to fault this masterpiece of an album, refined [More]
Hall of Fame is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded in 1956 and first released on the Verve label in 1959. Track listing: “Blues Inside Out” (Ernie Wilkins) – 6:37 “Big [More]
