Duke Ellington & Count Basie - First Time! (1961)

Duke Ellington & Count Basie - First Time! (1961)
(The Count Meets The Duke)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 235MB

Columbia/Legacy 2009

Allmusic:
At first glance this collaboration should not have worked. The Duke Ellington and Count Basie Orchestras had already been competitors for 25 years but the leaders' mutual admiration (Ellington was one of Basie's main idols) and some brilliant planning made this a very successful and surprisingly uncrowded encounter. On most selections Ellington and Basie both play piano (their interaction with each other is wonderful) and the arrangements allowed the stars from both bands to take turns soloing. "Segue in C" is the highpoint but versions of "Until I Met You," "Battle Royal" and "Jumpin' at the Woodside" are not far behind.

Tracks
-1. "Battle Royal" (Ellington) - 5:33
-2. "To You" (Benny Davis, Tommy Dorsey, Thad Jones, Ted Shapiro) - 3:53
-3. "Take the "A" Train (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:46
-4. "Corner Pocket" [aka "Until I Met You"] (Freddie Green, Donald Wolf) - 4:53
-5. "Wild Man" [aka "Wild Man Moore"] - 6:20
-6. "Segue in C" (Frank Wess) - 8:22
-7. "B D B" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:43
-8. "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie) - 3:09
Recorded at 30th Street Studio, New York on July 6, 1961

Personnel
* Duke Ellington, Count Basie – piano
* Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Eddie Mullens, Ray Nance, Sonny Cohn, Lennie Johnson, Thad Jones, Snooky Young - trumpet
* Louis Blackburn, Lawrence Brown, Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson, Benny Powell - trombone
* Juan Tizol - valve trombone
* Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
* Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
* Russell Procope, Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
* Frank Wess - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
* Paul Gonsalves, Frank Foster, Budd Johnson - tenor saxophone
* Harry Carney, Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
* Freddie Green - guitar
* Aaron Bell, Eddie Jones - bass
* Sam Woodyard, Sonny Payne - drums

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Count Basie Kansas City Septem - Mostly Blues... and Some Others (1983)

Count Basie Kansas City Septem - Mostly Blues... and Some Others (1983)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 295MB

Pablo

Allmusic:
Count Basie's final small-group studio session (one of a countless number for Norman Granz during Basie's last decade), this outing features trumpeter Snooky Young (who was last with the orchestra in the early '60s), tenor great Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and the dependable guitarist Joe Pass (along with rhythm guitarist Freddie Green). The repertoire lives up to the album's title: blues and swing standards all played with joy and spirit.

Tracks
-1. "I'll Always Be in Love with You" (Bud Green, Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 8:12
-2. "Snooky" (Count Basie) – 3:42
-3. "Blues for Charlie Christian" (Basie) – 5:24
-4. "Jaws" (Basie) – 5:34
-5. "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 4:29
-6. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:58
-7. "Blues in C" (Louis Bellson, Benny Carter, Art Tatum) – 6:58
-8. "Brio" (Basie, Joe Pass) – 4:42

Personnel
*Count Basie - piano
*Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
*Snooky Young - trumpet
*Freddie Green - guitar
*John Heard - double bass
*Roy McCurdy - drums

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Count Basie - Kansas City 5 (1977) (eac-log-cover)

Count Basie - Kansas City 5 (1977)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 270MB

OJC

Allmusic:
This studio session from 1977 features Count Basie in a quintet with vibraphonist Milt Jackson and guitarist Joe Pass. The predictably excellent group performs spirited versions of some of Basie's "hits" (including "Jive at Five" and "One O'Clock Jump"), some blues and a few standards. It is always interesting to hear Basie in a hornless setting like this one where he gets opportunities to stretch out on the piano.

Tracks
-01. "Jive at Five" (Count Basie, Harry "Sweets" Edison) – 5:30
-02. "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 3:53
-03. "(We Ain't Got) No Special Thing" (Basie, Milt Jackson, Joe Pass) – 5:33
-04. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 3:49
-05. "Frog's Blues" (Basie, Jackson, Pass) – 4:55
-06. "Rabbit" (Basie, Jackson, Pass) – 3:46
-07. "Perdido" (Ervin Drake, Hans J. Lengsfelder, Juan Tizol) – 4:27
-08. "Timekeeper" (Basie, Jackson, Pass) – 5:12
-09. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 5:00
-10. "Blues for Joe Turner" (Basie, Jackson) – 4:55

Personnel
* Count Basie - piano
* Milt Jackson - vibraphone
* Joe Pass - guitar
* John Heard - double bass
* Louie Bellson - drums

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Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie - A Classy Pair (1979) (eac-log-cover)

Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie - A Classy Pair (1979)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 230MB

Pablo

Allmusic:
This studio album matches together Ella Fitzgerald and the Count Basie Orchestra 16 years after they first recorded together. Basie's sidemen are unfortunately restricted in the Benny Carter arrangements to backup work but Basie has a few piano solos and Fitzgerald is in good voice and in typically swinging form. Highlights include "Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'," "Teach Me Tonight" and "Honeysuckle Rose."

Tracks
-1. "Honeysuckle Rose" - Andy Razaf, Fats Waller - 5:58
-2. "My Kind of Trouble Is You" - Benny Carter, Paul Vandervoort - 4:35
-3. "Teach Me Tonight" - Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul - 3:15
-4. "Organ Grinder's Swing" - Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish - 5:56
-5. "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler - 3:30
-6. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" - George Bassman, Ned Washington - 2:52
-7. "Ain't Misbehavin'" - Harry Brooks, Razaf, Waller - 4:00
-8. "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" - D Ellington, Lee Gaines, Billy Strayhorn - 4:42
-9. "Sweet Lorraine" - Cliff Burwell, Parish - 4:23

Personnel
* Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
* John Clayton - double bass
* Ray Brown, Pete Minger, Sonny Cohn, Nolan Andrew Smith - trumpets
* Bobby Plater, Danny Turner, Kenny Hing, Eric Dixon, Charlie Fowlkes - saxophones
* Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, Dennis Wilson, Mitchell 'Booty' Wood - trombone
* Freddie Green - guitar
* Butch Miles - drums
* Count Basie - piano

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Count Basie - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966) (eac-log-cover)

Count Basie - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 265MB

Verve

Allmusic:
The Count and his orchestra tackle the music of the Fab Four, without any hint of condescension or lassitude. Indeed, the 11 songs by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and one ("Kansas City") by Leiber & Stoller are treated with the same kind of dignity and enthusiasm that the band would give to the likes of Johnny Mercer or Harold Arlen. "Kansas City" is the bluesiest number here, and the one with which the band is obviously the most comfortable -- it's the only number here that could have appeared, as is, on any Basie album of the previous decade. But "Michelle" is the best track here, a gently swinging rendition in which Basie's piano is featured in some pleasing flourishes and the band slips into a satisfying groove. The rest also comes off well -- the ballads fare the best, showing off the quieter side of the band, stretching out and luxuriating on pieces like "Do You Want to Know a Secret." Basie and company also rise to the occasion on rockers like "I Wanna Be Your Man" and "Can't Buy Me Love," taking big bites out of the beat and the principal melodies with some hot ensemble playing and solos. In the end, the songs and the band are both well served by Chico O'Farrill's arrangements, which manage to maintain the familiar and emphasize some surprises. Even "Yesterday," the most over-recorded of the Beatles' songs, comes off fresh, with a moving jazz vocal treatment from Bill Henderson supported by Basie's engaging organ fills and a quietly soaring trombone and sax section. The band romps, and the soloists, in addition to Basie, include Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Al Grey.

Tracks
-01. "Help!" – 2:15
-02. "Can't Buy Me Love" – 3:21
-03. "Michelle" – 2:43
-04. "I Wanna Be Your Man" – 3:20
-05. "Do You Want to Know a Secret" – 2:59
-06. "A Hard Day's Night" – 4:22
-07. "All My Loving" – 2:59
-08. "Yesterday" – 3:04
-09. "And I Love Her" – 2:49
-10. "Hold Me Tight" – 2:44
-11. "She Loves You" – 2:54
-12. "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 4:00
*All songs written by Lennon and McCartney, except where otherwise noted.

Personnel
* Count Basie – organ, piano
* The Count Basie Orchestra

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Count Basie - King of Swing (1954) (24-bit remaster) (eac-log-cover)

Count Basie - King of Swing (1954)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 110MB

Verve | 24-bit remaster

Allmusic:
Following a brief lull earlier in the 1950s, Count Basie had rebuilt his big band by the time of this trio of studio sessions originally recorded for Clef. Among the musicians present on one or more of the dates are trumpeters Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, and Thad Jones and a reed section with Marshall Royal, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, and Ernie Wilkins, along with a dependable rhythm section anchored by Basie's longtime rhythm guitarist, Freddie Green. While none of the numbers seemed to stay in the band book for all that long, the consistently swinging performances and tasty solos make this worth the attention of swing fans.

Tracks
-01. Cherry Point 3:22
-02. Bubbles 4:05
-03. Righ On 2:43
-04. The Blues Done Come Back 3:42
-05. Plymouth Rock 3:45
-06. I Feel Like A New Man 2:58
-07. You For Me 3:14
-08. Soft Drink 3:09
-09. Two For The Blues 2:51
-10. Slow But Sure 3:47

Personnel
* Count Basie
* Wendell Culley Trumpet |
* Reunald Jones Trumpet |
* Joe Newman Trumpet |
* Joe Wilder Trumpet | (1-4)
* Henderson Chambers Trombone | (1-4)
* Paul Campbell Trumpet | (5)
* Henry Coker Trombone |
* Benny Powell Trombone |
* Marshall Royal Alto Saxophone, Clarinet |
* Ernie Wilkins Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone |
* Frank Foster Tenor Saxophone |
* Frank Wess Tenor Saxophone |
* Charlie Fowlkes Baritone Saxophone |
* Freddie Greene Guitar |
* Eddie Jones Bass |
* Gus Johnson Drums |
* Johnny Mandel Bass Trumpet | (1)
* Thad Jones | (5-10)
* Bill Hughes |

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Count Basie & Joe Turner - The Bosses (1973) (eac-log-covers)

Count Basie & Joe Turner - The Bosses (1973)

jazz, blues | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 280MB

OJC

AMG:
Count Basie and an all-star band (including trumpeter Harry Edison, trombonist J.J. Johnson and the tenors of Eddie Davis and Zoot Sims) back up veteran Kansas City blues singer Big Joe Turner on one of his better later albums. The many fine solos inspire Turner, who is in top form on such tunes as "Night Time Is the Right Time," "Wee Baby Blues" and "Roll 'Em Pete."

Tracks:
-01 - The Honeydripper >00:06:44
-02 - Honey Hush >00:02:39
-03 - Cherry Red >00:04:44
-04 - Night Time Is The Right Time >00:03:56
-05 - Blues Around The Clock >00:05:01
-06 - Since I Fell For You >00:03:58
-07 - Flip, Flop And Fly >00:03:30
-08 - Wee Baby Blues >00:05:38
-09 - Good Mornin' Blues >00:03:51
-10 - Roll 'Em Pete >00:04:17
Recorded at MGM Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California on December 11, 1973.

Personnel:
Personnel: Count Basie (piano, organ); Big Joe Turner (vocals); Irving Ashby (guitar); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone); Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Louie Bellson (drums).

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Count Basie - Basie In London (1956) (eac-log-cover)

Count Basie - Basie In London (1956)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 290MB

Verve | rar +5% recovery

AMG:
First off, this album is inaccurately titled. Though the cover photo shows Count Basie with two lavishly dressed Brits, the recording was done in its entirety from a 1956 concert in Gothenburg, Sweden. Why it was titled thusly is anyone's guess. As far as the music, it represents the Basie band in a classic time period, playing many well-known, long-lasting, and beloved tunes that everybody will recognize. It's also a band loaded with legendary Basie sidemen like Freddie Green, Sonny Payne, Thad Jones, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Joe Newman, Marshall Royal, Charlie Fowlkes, and on three tracks, Joe Williams. The warm, effusive, happy jazz of Count Basie is well recorded with distinction, presence, good stereo separation, and the restrained yet punchy sound Basie always presented with dignified class. Whether it's the trombones taking over on "Jumpin' at the Woodside," the low-key sonance of "Shiny Stockings," the roaring horns during "A Foggy Day," or the under two-minute, hard-charging "One O'Clock Jump," this music is all immediately identifiable and unmistakably Basie. Buster Harding's "Nails" is a blues jam with Green's strumming more audible amidst the echoes of the repeat traditional instrumental line of "my mama done told me" paraphrased from "Blues in the Night," while the Ernie Wilkins feature for Frank Foster, "Flute Juice," is a nimble excursion based on the changes of "I Got Rhythm." With Williams, the band backs the erudite deep-throated singer on a choogling "Alright, Okay, You Win," the quick "Roll 'Em Pete" (where the singer jives about his "gal way up on the hill"), and "The Comeback" (where Williams declares his return to his baby over a stairstep construct). "Corner Pocket" remains the ultimate signature head-nodding Basie tune, but "Blee Blop Blues" might be seen as a jab or tease at bop, when it is solidly in that genre. Four extra tracks are included on the CD version, including and up-and-down version of "Yesterdays," a cute, medium-tempo untitled jam with Basie's piano firmly stamped on it, the explosively crazy three-minute Wilkins ditty "Sixteen Men Swinging," and Neal Hefti's "Plymouth Rock," which is a more lyrical vehicle, easygoing and trumpet-infused (possibly Thad Jones, although he's unidentified as the soloist). This solid document of Count Basie's "hits" come highly recommended, despite the disingenuous marketing ploy of it being based somewhere else.

Tracks:
01 Jumpin' At The Woodside
02 Shiny Stockings
03 How High The Moon
04 Nails
05 Flute Juice
06 One O'Clock Jump
07 Alright, Okay You Win
08 Roll 'Em Pete
09 The Comeback
10 Blues Backstage
11 Corner Pocket
12 Blee Blop Blues
13 Yesterdays
14 Untitled
15 Sixteen Men Swinging
16 Plymouth Rock

Personnel:
Count Basie (Piano), Freddie Green (Guitar), Thad Jones (Trumpet), Joe Newman (Trumpet), Marshall Royal (Reeds), Joe Williams (Vocals), Matthew Gee (Trombone), Henry Coker (Trombone), Wendell Culley (Trumpet), Frank Foster (Reeds), Charlie Fowlkes (Reeds), Bill Graham (Reeds), Reunald Jones (Trumpet), Sonny Payne (Drums), Benny Powell (Trombone), Frank Wess (Reeds), Eddie Jones (Bass)

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Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie - The Perfect Match_Montreux '79 (music video) (DVD5) (iso-mds)

Ella & Basie - The Perfect Match_Montreux '79
DVD5 PAL | DD5.1; DTS5.1; PCM2.0 | 4:3 | 85 min | iso-mds | Covers | 4,7 GB
Eagle Vision - Norman Granz | Genre: jazz | rel. 2004 | RAR +5% recovery
AMG:
Ella Fitzgerald was just a tad past her prime during this 1979 concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival with the Count Basie Orchestra, though she still is very much a swinging vocalist who can keep an audience in the palm of her hand. With her regular trio, including pianist Paul Smith, bassist Keter Betts, and drummer Mickey Roker accompanying her for most of the concert, plus the powerful Basie band pushing her, Ella gives her all on every number, interpolating quotes from a number of different songs, both familiar and obscure. She's at her best in the up-tempo swingers that were part of her repertoire for ages, among them "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "After You've Gone." Her vibrato is a bit more noticeable during "'Round Midnight," though it is still an effective interpretation. Ella's highlight is easily her scat treatment of "Flying Home," which mixes in so many song quotes that is difficult to track all of them ("Moose the Mooche," "On the Trail," and "I'se a Muggin'" are among them), while she also simulates a number of instruments, too. Basie finally takes over at the piano for the last two numbers, including an impromptu blues that gives way to "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," followed by Ella's touching interpretation of "I've Got a Crush on You," with Smith back on piano. The audio and video have some imperfections, as it is unlikely that producer Norman Granz documented the concert with the intention of commercial issue, but any fan of Ella Fitzgerald will want this rewarding DVD in his or her collection.

Tracks:
Presentation By Nat Hentoff; Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone ; Sweet Georgia Brown; Some Other Spring; Make Me Rainbows; After You've Gone; Round Midnight; Dindi; Fine & Mellow; (I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance With You; Flying Home; You've Changed; Honeysuckle Rose; St. Louis Blues; B & E (Basella), A-Tisket, A-Tasket; I've Got A Crush On You.

Personnel:
Ella Fitzgerald, vocals; Count Basie, piano; Paul Smith, piano; Mickey Roker, drums; Keter Betts, bass. Also features the Count Basie Orchestra.

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Count Basie Jam - Montreux '77 (P) (24b rem) (eac-flac-cover)

Count Basie Jam  - Montreux '77 (24b rem)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 290MB

Pablo | rar +5% recovery

AMG:
From Norman Granz's marathon series of performances recorded at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival, this set finds Count Basie fronting a jam session featuring trumpeter Roy Eldridge, altoist Benny Carter, Zoot Sims on tenor and the trombones of Vic Dickenson and Al Grey. Despite the possibility of being overcrowded, a bit of planning by Basie made this into a very coherent set with a blues, a long ballad medley and the closing "Jumpin' at the Woodside." Lots of nice moments.

Tracks:
Bookie Blues
She's Funny That Way
These Foolish Things
Kidney Stew
Trio Blues
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
Jumpin' At The Woodside

Personnel:
Roy Eldridge (tp) Vic Dickenson, Al Grey (tb) Benny Carter (as) Zoot Sims (ts) Count Basie (p) Ray Brown (b) Jimmie Smith (d)

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Count Basie - Basie Land (1964) (eac-flac-cover)

 

Count Basie - Basie Land (1964)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 250MB

Verve | rar +5% recovery

AMG
In 1964, Count Basie handed the reins of his band over to composer and arranger Billy Byers, purportedly to modernize his sound to the times. More accurately, Byers energized the band with his bright charts loaded with counterpointed exchanges and interplay, plus a depth and density the Basie band had long since relinquished to other similarly sized groups. With stellar personnel -- including Eric Dixon, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Marshall Royal, Al Aarons, and Don Rader -- Byers and Basie stoked the coals of the band with some red hot bop and intricate charts atypical to the laid-back approach that always served the band and its fans well. The upbeat tracks, the roaring "Basie Land," hard charging "Rabble Rouser" and the tumbling melody of "Gymnastics" are particularly noticeable, as the horns jump in and out of unison, shout amongst themselves, and stress the quite capable, energetic musicianship the band always sported, but had somewhat suppressed. "Big Brother" and "Instant Blues" are typical, laid-back Basie style pronouncements in moderate or midtempo, but the horns still proclaim their innocence in a louder mindset. A feature for the underrated alto saxophonist Marshall Royal during the perfectly titled, slow slung "Wanderlust" has his style approaching the vibrato shaded Johnny Hodges, while the delicate "Count Me In" parallels Foster's epic ballad "Shiny Stockings" in its basic melodic precept, accented by Basie's chiming piano chords. The world class Wess on flute takes the lead for the chugging along blues "Sassy," dedicated to Sarah Vaughan, the piece again saturated with call and response, while Wess, Foster, and Dixon gang up on flutes for "Yuriko" as Basie's tinkling piano makes the impatient horns blurt out uncontrollably on occasion to get their two cents in. The set concludes with perhaps one of Basie's all-time signature tunes as contributed by Byers with "Doodle-Oodle," a famous hot bop, hummable or whistleable melody that can easily be copied while walking down the street. Byers added something different to this version of the Count Basie Orchestra, and only fans can be the ultimate judge of whether it was for the best. Basie Land is certainly quite a substantive and compelling big-band jazz effort from A to Z.

Tracks
01 - Basie Land
02 - Big Brother
03 - Count Me In
04 - Wanderlust
05 - Instant Blues
06 - Rabble Rouser
07 - Sassy
08 - Gymnastics
09 - Yuriko
10 - Doodle-Oodle

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Count Basie - On My Way & Shoutin' Again (1962) (eac-flac-cover)

Count Basie - On My Way & Shoutin' Again (1962)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 220MB

Verve | rar +5% recovery

AMG
When Count Basie returned to Verve Records in 1962, Neal Hefti was contracted to write the tunes and arrangements, a revival of their partnership from the 1958 Roulette LP Basie Plays Hefti. While none of these selections is as famous as his songs like "Cute," "Little Pony," "Splanky," "Li'l Darlin'," and "Repetition," the substantial originality of this music is hard to deny, not to mention that the expert musicians playing his music bring these tracks fully to life in a livelier fashion than most laid-back Basie studio sessions. In fact, it has the feeling of a concert date that trumps the more clean, controlled environment of a session that was recorded on a three-track reel-to-reel. There's also plenty of room for exceptional solos from most of the participants, as Hefti is mindful of who is in the band and how each musician might sound when given his head. This is tried and true swing-oriented modern big-band music that actually sounds advanced for its time frame, and is solid as anything Basie has done post-"April in Paris." The band is atypically bold and brazen on the opener, "I'm Shoutin' Again," with Frank Wess on alto (not tenor) sax for his spirited solo. The great chart of "Jump for Johnny" is a hard bopper for Johnny Carson, basic Basie with tenor saxophonist Frank Foster and trumpeter Sonny Cohn trading licks. Hefti's best work is showcased during "Together Again," as the hopping brass and singing horns take tuneful twists and turns. This set also includes the classic track "The Long Night," a famous blues featuring the sly flute of Wess in front of the horn section and a masterful muted solo by trumpeter Thad Jones. There are other tunes that are derivative, as you can clearly hear the borrowed phrases of "C Jam Blues"/"Duke's Place" in the low-key then blasted-out "Eee Dee," "Shiny Stockings" sprinkled about during the more typical laid-back "Rose Bud," and "Groove Merchant" or "Hallelujah, I Just Love Him So" in the easy-swinging soul groove of "Ain't That Right." Hefti's movie soundtrack experience comes to the fore on "Shanghaied," definite spy music with Cohn's muted trumpet masking phobias and paranoia. There are two cute tunes: "Skippin' with Skitch," led by three flutes (Wess, Eric Dixon, and Charlie Fowlkes); and the lightly strutting "Ducky Bumps," featuring Henry Coker's trombone, with brief solos from Basie's piano and bassist Buddy Catlett. A solid and worthwhile album that has been out of print for far too long, this will be a welcome addition to any Basie lover's collection, and comes highly recommended to anyone even mildly interested in excellent large-ensemble mainstream jazz.

Tracks
01 - Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble To Me
02 - Brand New Heartache
03 - The Resurrection
04 - Somethin' Dangerous
05 - Going Up The Country
06 - Jimmy Martin
07 - Lost In The Pines
08 - Speed Of Life
09 - Amazing Love
10 - Stuck In The Middle

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