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The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 1

Count Basie Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Oh, Lady, Be Good! - Count Basie feat. Jones-Smith, Incorporated
2 Goin' to Chicago Blues
3 Live and Love Tonight (78rpm Version) - Basie's Bad Boys
4 Love Me or Leave Me (78rpm Version) - Basie's Bad Boys
5 Rock-A-Bye Basie
6 Baby, Don't Tell on Me
7 If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight - Helen Humes with Count Basie & His Orchestra
8 Taxi War Dance (Alternate Take)
9 Jump for Me - Count Basie & His Orchestra feat. Lester Young
10 Twelfth Street Rag (78rpm Version)
11 Miss Thing, Pt. 1 (78rpm Version)
12 Miss Thing, Pt. 2 (78rpm Version)
13 Lonesome Miss Pretty
14 Nobody Knows
15 Pound Cake
16 How Long Blues

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Count Basie's Columbia recordings from the late 1930s are an essential part of the legacy of one of the greatest big bands of jazz history. The Kansas City territory bands of Walter Page and Bennie Moten were legendary for their swing and powerful riffing style, and the energy of those bands and their best musicians coalesced into the supreme musical instrument of the early Basie band. Propelled by the incomparable rhythm section of guitarist Freddie Green, bassist Page, and drummer Jo Jones, the music here brims with exultant life, a string of great solos cascading out of the pumping horn sections. Basie's sparse and precise recasting of stride piano is a delight, and there are vocals by Jimmy Rushing, the master of big band blues shouting. --Stuart Broomer

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.33 inches; 3.84 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Sony Legacy
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1987
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 47 minutes
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Sony Legacy
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00000269U
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 16 ratings

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peter d anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2015
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Great music.
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Nikica Gilic
5.0 out of 5 stars Big Band Treasure
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2006
At the time these recordings were made, Basie's band was equal to Ellington's, sharing the position of the top jazz big band; in later decades Basie led some excellent big bands, but guys like Frank Wess, Joe Newman, Thad Jones or Frank Foster could hardly replace Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Dickie Wells or Buddy Tate...
All of these classical swing artists are well showcased on this essential CD (Young also plays clarinet); many of their solos you'll find here are often cited as their best work - for example Young's work on Lady be Good (actually recorded on a famous "Jones-Smith Inc." quintet date in 1936) or Taxy War Dance; I'm personally very much thrilled by work on Miss Thing as well...
Collaboration between Jimmy Rushing and Wells is also essential, Harry Edison is a master but, while studying this CD I was particularly amazed by the subtlety of Buck Clayton's playing.
As for the leader, his piano and organ work leaves me at loss for words.
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rob the music guy
4.0 out of 5 stars The music is great it's Basie the "Best of the Best"
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2022
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The music is great, it's Basie, the "Best of the Best". With that said. It would have been nice if the producers would have cleaned up the sound quality of the recordings. They said the CD's are based on the original tapes, if that's the case they could have spent a few bucks to get rid of any noise , scratching ,etc... that comes with old tapes. These are historic recordings of a great American Jazz musician and his band/s, and should be treated as such. That's the reason for the 4 stars the music is terrific. Lot's to learn from these recordings as well as the pure enjoyment of listening to Great Music. ---
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Benj Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars part of any complete collection
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 1998
so many wonderful cuts on this -- TAxi War Dance, Jump for Me, Pound Cake, Miss Thing. Young is astounding, and the ensemble band wonderful.
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studley wonderfunk
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2018
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Classic.
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郡山のジャズ親父
5.0 out of 5 stars エピック時代のエッセンスだ。
Reviewed in Japan on May 9, 2014
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曲数はすくないが、最低限度の有名どころが入ってるから入門者にはいいかな。
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