I Needs to Be Bee'd With - (previously unreleased)
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Cute - (previously unreleased)
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Light and Lovely - (previously unreleased)
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Night in Tunisia, A - (previously unreleased)
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Sunset Glow - (previously unreleased)
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Magic Flea - (previously unreleased)
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Good Time Blues - (previously unreleased)
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Four or Five Times - (previously unreleased)
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Party's Over, The - (previously unreleased)
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One O'Clock Jump - (previously unreleased)
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Jumpin' at the Woodside - (previously unreleased)
Performer Notes
Count Basie: Count Basie; Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Bill Hughes (trombone); Norman Keenan (bass instrument); Freddie Green, Grover Mitchell , Mary Stallings, Harold Jones , Bobby Plater, Cecil Payne.
Personnel: Count Basie (piano); Mary Stallings (vocals); Freddie Green (guitar); Bobby Plater (flute, alto saxophone); Eric Dixon (flute, tenor saxophone); Bill Adkins (alto saxophone); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tenor saxophone); Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone); Waymon Reed, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn (trumpet); Mel Wanzo, Frank Hooks, Grover Mitchell (trombone); Bill Hughes (bass trombone); Harold Jones (drums).
Liner Note Author: Chris Sheridan.
Recording information: Budapest, Hungary (04/16/1970).
Photographer: Jan Persson.
Arrangers: Bobby Plater; Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis ; Ernie Wilkins; Frank Foster; Eric Dixon ; Nat Pierce; Neal Hefti; Quincy Jones; Sammy Nestico; Bobby Harrison.
The 2004 release GOOD TIME BLUES is a previously unissued recording from 1970 made while Count Basie & His Orchestra were playing a concert in Budapest, Hungary. Basie's 16-piece band navigates dynamics wonderfully, moving between understated subtlety and massive, horn-driven swing. There are some fine solos, too, from notable musicians like singer Mary Stallings, trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, guitarist Freddie Green, and saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. Basie's minimal, but ever-meticulous, piano work comes to the fore at times as well.
The set list draws from both newer and older material (the concert wraps up with rousing renditions of the Basie classics "One O'Clock Jump" and "Jumpin' at the Woodside"). Other jazz standbys, such as Gerswhin's "Summertime" and Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night in Tunisia"--both of which are arranged interestingly by Orchestra saxophonist and flautist Eric Dixon--are also included. The enthusiastic audience seems to spur the band on, and there's plenty of blues-based groove and wild, old-school swing on offer. GOOD TIME BLUES proves that Basie and his ensemble were still playing with great vitality at a time when the heroes of swing were being unjustly overlooked.
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This is a great CD I love the blues with a passion. Its at a very reasonable price and contains a number of the hits that I remember with great memories . I got this a year ago and was very happy with the range of
songs and the quality. I would indee recommend this to anyone who loves the blues
or anyone who has a true love for music. This was a great CD and I was very happy
with my buy
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