Description
Count Basie – Swinging The Blues / Dreyfus Jazz Audio CD 2000 / FDM 36711-2
UPC 3460503671126
William James "Count" Basie (/ˈbeɪsi/; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, and others. Many musicians came to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison, plunger trombonist Al Grey, and singers Jimmy Rushing, Helen Humes, Thelma Carpenter, and Joe Williams.
| Label: | Dreyfus Jazz – FDM 36711-2 |
|---|---|
| Series: | Jazz Reference – FDM 36711-2 |
| Format: |
CD, Compilation
|
| Country: | France |
| Released: |
2000 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Style: | Swing |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Jumpin' At The Woodside |
3:05 | |
| 2 | Louisiana | 2:28 | |
| 3 | Katy | 2:59 | |
| 4 | Broadway | 2:58 | |
| 5 | Jive At Five | 2:53 | |
| 6 | It's Sand, Man | 3:09 | |
| 7 | Blue And Sentimental | 3:15 | |
| 8 | 9:20 Special | 3:12 | |
| 9 | Fiesta In Blue | 3:09 | |
| 10 | One O'Clock Jump | 3:04 | |
| 11 | Swinging The Blues | 2:49 | |
| 12 | South | 2:52 | |
| 13 |
Doggin' Around | 2:57 | |
| 14 | Sent For You Yesterday | 2:59 | |
| 15 | Avenue C | 3:12 | |
| 16 | Harvard Blues | 3:20 | |
| 17 | Every Tub | 3:23 | |
| 18 | Rambo | 3:22 | |
| 19 | Tickle Toe | 2:41 | |
| 20 | The King | 3:10 |
