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- Count Basie Greatest Hits
- The Old Testament Band
- The New Testament Band
- Collaborations with Vocalists
- The 60s, 70s, and 80s
- The Orchestra Post-Basie
Between 1935 and 1955, Count Basie led two versions of the Orchestra, which critics nicknamed the Old Testament and New Testament bands. The Old Testament band launched the careers of everyone from Prez to singer Jimmy Rushing to drummer Jo Jones. During one radio session, a tossed-off 12-bar blues became their theme song. “One night, we were on th...
Count Basie pulled the plug on the OId Testament band in 1949 as the swing era declined and flirted with eight-piece, seven-piece, and six-piece groups – until the singer and big-band leader Billy Eckstine told him to cut it out. “Get your goddamn big band back together,” Eckstine told Basie, according to Good Morning Blues. “Man, you look funny up...
Count Basie’s discography is full of songs with premier vocalists like Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Tony Bennett, all who fit seamlessly into the Orchestra. To understand the vocal element in Count’s work, however, “Everyday I Have the Blues,” featuring Joe Williams, is Exhibit A. While a song like “Fly Me to the Moon” with Fr...
While the Old and New Testament bands encompass the lion’s share of Count Basie’s classic songs, the ensuing two decades contain must-hear cuts, too. Chief among them: the title track to 1963’s Li’l Ol’ Groovemaker… Basie!, an album which Quincy Jones composed and arranged. Basie’s and Jones’s creative relationship was artistically and commercially...
Since Count Basie’s passing in 1984, a succession of bandleaders has taken his place. “Thad [Jones] took over the band for a while before he became so sick,” Miles says. “Then, Frank [Foster] took over, bless his heart. Then, Grover [Mitchell] took over. Then, Bill Hughes took over, then Scotty [Barnhart] took over.” If you want to check out the Or...
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8. Jan. 2024 · Along with his orchestra, Count Basie is one of the great jazz musicians in history. We chart his career through 10 iconic Count Basie songs & performances.
Count Basie · Compilation · 2012 · 15 songs.
This new invigorating interpolation encompasses a classic Big-Band Swing feel by the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra under the direction of Scotty Barnhart, along with featured guest Jazzmeia...
