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Count Basie / Tony Bennett - Count Basie Swings / Tony Bennett Sings flac album

Count Basie Swing 1990 US
Count Basie / Tony Bennett - Count Basie Swings / Tony Bennett Sings flac album
  • Performer Count Basie
  • Title Count Basie Swings / Tony Bennett Sings
  • Date of release 1990
  • Country US
  • Style Swing
  • Other formats MMF MP1 FLAC XM VQF AA ASF
  • Genre Jazz
  • Size MP3 1942 mb
  • Size FLAC 1488 mb
  • Rating: 4.2
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Basie Swings, Bennett Sings. 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

Personnel: Count Basie (piano); Tony Bennett (vocals); Marshall Royal, Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell, Charles Fowlkes (saxophone); Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (trumpet) . 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.

In 1957, Basie released the live album Count Basie at Newport. April in Paris" (arrangement by Wild Bill Davis) was a best-selling instrumental and the title song for the hit album. The Basie band made two tours in the British Isles and on the second, they put on a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II, along with Judy Garland, Vera Lynn, and Mario Lanza. He was a guest on ABC's. The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, a venue also opened to several other black entertainers  . Basie also recorded with Tony Bennett in the late 1950s. Their albums together included In Person and Strike Up the Band.

This album has an average beat per minute of 122 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 63/165 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Count Basie and His Orchestra Swings, Tony Bennett Sings. Recent albums by Count Basie.

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Life Is A Song
Written By – Fred Ahlert, Joe Young
 2:55
2 Plenty Of Money
Written By – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
 1:35
3 Jeepers Creepers
Written By – Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer
 2:09
4 Are You Havin' Any Fun
Written By – Jack Yellen, Sammy Fain
 2:48
5 Anything Goes
Written By – Cole Porter
 2:21
6 Strike Up The Band
Written By – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
 1:34
7 Chicago
Written By – Fred Fisher
 2:08
8 I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
Written By – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Lowe
 3:04
9 Poor Little Rich Girl
Written By – Noel Coward
 3:33
10 Growing Pains
Written By – Arthur Schwartz, Dorothy Fields
 3:36
11 I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans
Written By – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
 1:45
12 After Supper
Written By – Neil Hefti
 3:36

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Records Ltd.
  • Copyright (c) – EMI Records Ltd.
  • Pressed By – Capitol Jax

Credits

  • Arranged By – Ralph Sharon
  • Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes
  • Bass – Eddie Jones
  • Drums – Sonny Payne
  • Engineer [Remix] – Tristan Powell
  • Guitar – Freddie Green
  • Piano – Count Basie (tracks: 1, 3), Ralph Sharon (tracks: 2, 4 to 12)
  • Producer – Teddy Reig
  • Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
  • Tenor Saxophone – Billy Mitchell
  • Trombone – Al Grey, Benny Powell, Henry Coker
  • Trumpet – Joe Newman, Snooky Young, Thad Jones, Wendell Culley
  • Vocals – Tony Bennett

Notes

Recorded at Capitol Studios, New York, NYC, January 3-5, 1959.
(P) 1959, except track 12 (P) 1990.
Artwork (inlay and insert) printed in Canada.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Printed): 0 7777-93899-2 6
  • Matrix / Runout: B2 93899 L0411B
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamped): 1-1-1 CAPITOL JAX 1 C
  • ASIN: B000005HFX

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
R 25072 Count Basie and Tony Bennett Count Basie and Tony Bennett - Count Basie Swings / Tony Bennett Sings ‎(LP, Mono) Roulette R 25072 US 1959
32 183 Tony Bennett, Count Basie Orchestra Tony Bennett, Count Basie Orchestra - Chicago ‎(CD, Album) Delta Entertainment Corporation 32 183 US 2004
SMJ-7138 Bennett* & Basie* Bennett* & Basie* - Strike Up The Band ‎(LP, Album) Roulette SMJ-7138 Japan Unknown
RCD 59021 Tony Bennett & Count Basie & His Orchestra* Tony Bennett & Count Basie & His Orchestra* - Bennett & Basie Strike Up The Band ‎(CD, Album, RE) Roulette RCD 59021 US 1985
DRZ 901 Tony Bennett With The Count Basie Orchestra Tony Bennett With The Count Basie Orchestra - Chicago ‎(CD) Del Rack DRZ 901 US 1986


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