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COUNT BASIE

AND HIS ORCHESTRA

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.
Songs: Personnel Details:
 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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