Count Basie Orchestra - Basie's Best flac album

The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16 to 18 piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 1950s, the band survived long past the Big Band era itself and the death of Basie in 1984. It continues as a 'ghost band'.

Count Basie And His Orchestra by Count Basie Orchestra. View all albums . Basie’s Best. By: Count Basie Orchestra (1950, Jazz). 3. Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Are Today.

The Count and his orchestra tackle the music of the Fab Four, without any hint of condescension or lassitude. The rest also comes off well - the ballads fare the best, showing off the quieter side of the band, stretching out and luxuriating on pieces like "Do You Want to Know a Secret.

William Count Basie (1904-1984) started his orchestra in Kansas City in 1935, and proceeded to develop and maintain one of the greatest jazz orchestras in music history.

Count Basie & His Orchestra. Basie's Beatle Bag ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Dig). Count Basie E Sua Orquestra. Basie's Beatle Bag ‎(LP, Album, Mono).