Count Basie Orchestra / George Wallington - Count Basie flac album

Count Basie And His Orchestra. A1. One O'Clock Jump. A2. Basie's Conversation. Count Basie And His Orchestra Also Starring George Wallington - Count Basie ‎(LP, Comp). Count Basie Orchestra, George Wallington. Count Basie Orchestra, George Wallington - Count Basie Also Starring George Wallington ‎(LP).

Count Basie And His Orchestra Also Starring George Wallington ‎– Count Basie. Label: Crown Records (3) ‎– CRS 2021.

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'.

Given the paucity of Basie recordings from the '40s issued by his own label, the quality and content of this collection of 14 songs cut exclusively for radio in 1944 is scandalously good. his brief tenure with the Basie band, soloing on tenor sax. Jimmy Rushing and Thelma Carpenter are each featured on two numbers, and Carpenter's bluesy vocals, in particular, are a sultry delight. But the main thrust of this collection is the instrumental work, which, divorced from the three-minute limits of commercial recording, has lots of room for some hot improvisation.

The Count Basie Orchestra. All About That Basie. Count Basie Verve Records. George Gee Swing Orchestra. Berklee College of Music.