Artist: Count Basie
Birth Name: William James Basie
Born: August 21, 1904. Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
Died: April 26, 1984, (Aged 79). Hollywood, Florida, USA
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Vocal Jazz, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Occupations: Musician, Bandleader, Composer
Instruments: Piano, Organ
Count Basie was an American Jazz Pianist, Bandleader and Composer. He was among the most important bandleaders of the Swing Era and he formed his own Jazz Orchestra in 1935. He successfully demonstrated that a Big Band could be flexible as well as a powerful, and that it could be a breeding ground for strong soloists such as, Buck Clayton, Lester Young, Joe Williams, Freddie Green and many more that was best about the Big Band style and his piano work proved that the band as a whole was always more important than his personal reputation.
Title: Original Album Series (Box Set) (2014)
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Vocal Jazz, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Label: Warner Brothers
Rating: *****
Title: The Atomic Mr. Basie (Original Released 1958) (2014)
Rating: *****
Disc 1:
Tracks:
1. The Kid From Red Bank (2:42)
2. Duet (4:12)
3. After Supper (3:26)
4. Flight Of The Foo Birds (3:24)
5. Double-O (2:47)
6. Teddy The Toad (3:19)
7. Whirly-Bird (3:51)
8. Midnite Blue (4:28)
9. Splanky (3:36)
10. Fantail (2:56)
11. Lil' Darlin' (4:51)
Title: Basie/Bennett: Count Basie And His Orchestra Swings, Tony Bennett Sings (Original Released 1959) (2014)
Rating: *****
Disc 2:
Tracks:
1. Life Is A Song (2:55)
2. With Plenty Of Money And You (1:35)
3. Jeepers Creepers (2:10)
4. Are You Havin' Any Fun (2:48)
5. Anything Goes (2:22)
6. Strike Up The Band (1:34)
7. Chicago (2:09)
8. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (3:05)
9. Poor Little Rich Girl (3:03)
10. Growing Pains (3:36)
11. I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans (1:46)
Title: One More Time (Original Released 1959) (2014)
Rating: *****
Disc 3:
Tracks:
1. For Lenna And Lennie (3:51)
2. Rat Race (2:41)
3. Quince (3:58)
4. Meet B B (3:30)
5. The Big Walk (3:02)
6. Square At The Round Table (2:18)
7. I Needs To Bee'd With (3:33)
8. Jessica's Day (4:28)
9. The Midnite Sun Never Sets (3:38)
10. Muttnik (5:28)
Title: Chairman Of The Board (Original Released 1958) (2014)
Rating: *****
Disc 4:
Tracks:
1. Blues In Hoss' Flat (3:13)
2. H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness) (2:40)
3. Segue In C (6:15)
4. Kansas City Shout (3:35)
5. Speaking Of Sounds (3:28)
6. T.V. Time (3:16)
7. Who Me (5:14)
8. The Deacon (4:50)
9. Half Moon Street (3:28)
Title: Basie At Birdland (Original Released 1961) (2014)
Rating: *****
Disc 5:
1. Little Pony (2:20)
2. Discommotion (3:23)
3. Blues Backstage (4:02)
4. Blee Blop Blues (2:16)
5. Whirly Bird (Vocal: John Hendricks) (3:58)
6. One O' Clock Jump (0:53)
7. Segu In "C" (8:25)
8. Good Time Blues (5:12)
9. One O' Clock Jump (4:43)
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