Count Basie

 

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.

Artist:  The Count Basie Orchestra

Title:  Basie Swings The Blues (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Vocal Jazz, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Label:  Candid Records

Rating:   *****

Format:   CD

Tracks:

 1.  Let's Have A Good Time (feat. Castro "Mr. Sipp" Coleman) (4:06)

 2.  Boogie In The Dark (feat. Bobby Rush) (3:55)

 3.  I'm A Woman (feat. Shemekia Copeland, Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite) (4:56)

 4.  Down Home Blues (feat. Keb Mo, Lauren Mitchell) (4:36)

 5.  The Patton Basie Shuffle (feat. Charlton Johnson) (4:32)

 6.  Dirty Mississippi Blues (feat. Castro "Mr. Sipp" Coleman) (3:56)

 7.  Stormy Monday (feat. Bettye LaVette). (3:16)

 8.  The Midnight Hour (feat. Robert Cray) (3:33)

 9.  Evil Gal Blues (feat. Ledisi) (3:21)

10. Look What You've Done (feat. Jamie Davis) (2:51)

11. Just For A Thrill (feat. Carmen Bradford) (2:50)

12. Rock Candy (feat. George Benson) (5:26)

Personnel:

The Count Basie Orchestra:

Scotty Barnhart:  Producer, Director, Trumpet Solo

Steve Jordan:  Producer

John Burk:  Executive Producer

Markus Howell:  Alto Saxophone (2nd Alto)

David Glasser:  Alto Saxophone (Lead Alto)

Josh Lee:  Baritone Saxophone

Doug Lawrence:  Tenor Saxophone (1st Tenor)

Doug Miller:  Tenor Saxophone (2nd Tenor)

Clarence Banks:  Trombone (2nd)

Mark Williams:  Trombone (3rd)

Alvin Walker:  Trombone (4th)

Isrea Butler:  Trombone (Lead)

Shawn Edmonds:  Trumpet (2nd)

Endre Rice:  Trumpet (3rd)

Brandon Lee:  Trumpet (4th)

Frank Greene:  Trumpet (Lead)

Bobby Floyd:  Organ

Trevor Ware:  Rhythm Section, Bass

Robert Boone:  Rhythm Section, Drums

Will Matthews:  Rhythm Section, Guitar

Glen Pearson;  Rhythm Section, Piano

Carmen Bradford:  Vocals

Basie Swings The Blues is the collaboration album with some of the greatest living Blues and Jazz Artists by The Count Basie Orchestra, released on October 23, 2023 by Candid Records.  Great Sound, Great Performance and Wonderful Section of Music.