The Count Basie Orchestra - Basic Basie (1972/2014) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

The MPS label scored a coup when they were able to set up a recording date with the Basie orchestra. It took place on October 20th, 1969 at Universal Studios in Chicago. As agreed upon, the band brought along standards from the Basie book, and the Count fulfilled MPS head Hans Georg Brunner-Schwers wish that Basie play longer piano passages than usual; normally Basie limited himself to a short riff here and there. The way Basie and his orchestra played reminded me of a top long distance runner, producer Sonny Lester commented in the liner notes to the album. He went on to say that the bands playing was, disciplined, clean, with such a feel for timing and teamwork that you had the feeling that every band member was guided by the same brain. The best-known names in that particular group were tenor saxophonist Eddie Lockjaw Davis and guitarist Freddie Green, a Basie mainstay over the decades.

TRACKLIST

1. The Count Basie Orchestra - Idaho
2. The Count Basie Orchestra - Blues in My Heart
3. The Count Basie Orchestra - I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
4. The Count Basie Orchestra - Red Roses for a Blue Lady
5. The Count Basie Orchestra - Moonglow
6. The Count Basie Orchestra - Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me
7. The Count Basie Orchestra - M - Squad
8. The Count Basie Orchestra - Sweet Loraine
9. The Count Basie Orchestra - Ain't Misbehavin'
10. The Count Basie Orchestra - Don't Worry 'Bout Me
11. The Count Basie Orchestra - As Long as I Live
12. The Count Basie Orchestra - I've Got the World on a String



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