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GOOD TIME BLUES

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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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Personnel

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Hittin' Twelve

Frankie And Johnny

Summertime

Cherry Point

Cute

Light And Lovely

A Night In Tunisia

Sunset Glow

Magic Flea

Good Time Blues

Four Or Five Times

The Party's Over

One O'clock Jump

Jumpin' At The Woodside

Personnel: Bill Adkins, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Eric Dixon, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Freddie Green, Frank Hooks, Bill Hughes, Harold Jones, Norman Keenan, Grover Mitchell, Cecil Payne, Bobby Plater, Waymon Reed, Mary Stallings, Mel Wanzo

Label:	PABLO
Number:	5319
Item Code:	60190
Format:	CD
Genre:	JAZZ
Dates:	(1970)
Price:	$18.00
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