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COUNT BASIE / TONY BENNETT

BASIE SWINGS, BENNETT SINGS
Description:
The Roulette half of the two Bennett/Basie sessions is a band singer's paradise, with the Basie band caught at a robust and swinging peak and Bennett never sounding happier or looser in front of a microphone. The Count himself, alas, appears on piano only on two numbers "Life Is a Song" and "Jeepers Creepers", while Bennett's perennial pianist Ralph Sharon takes over on the remaining ten tracks and does all the charts. Yet Sharon writes idiomatically for the Count's style, whether on frantic rave ups like "With Plenty of Money and You" and "Strike Up the Band" or relaxed swingers like "Chicago." Though not a jazz singer per se, the flavor of jazz is everywhere in Bennett's voice, which in those days soared like a trumpet. The 1990 CD included an atmospheric unissued Neal Hefti ballad "After Supper," but even this bonus track does little to extend the skimpy playing time about 31 minutes of what is still a great, desirable snapshot from American showbiz of the late 1950s.
Songs: Personnel Details:
 Life Is A Song
 With Plenty Of Money And You
 Jeepers Creepers
 Are You Havin' Any Fun
 Anything Goes
 Strike Up The Band
 Chicago
 I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
 Poor Little Rich Girl
 rowing Pains
 I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans
 After Supper [#]		 Personnel: Freddie Green, Al Grey, Thad Jones, Billy Mitchell, Joe Newman, Marshall Royal, Ralph Sharon, Ed Jones, Henry Coker, Wendell Culley, Frank Foste, Charlie Fowlkes, Sonny Payne, Benny Powell, Frank Wess, Snooky Young, Eddie Jones
Label: CAPITOL
Number: 93899
Item Code: 17694
Format: CD
Genre: JAZZ
Dates:
Price: $13.00  
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