At a recent rehearsal someone pulled out Johnny Mandel's Straight Life. Afterwards I went back to the original recording on The Count Basie Dance Sessions - Clef circa 1953. The general concession may be that The Atomic Mr Basie was the Count's greatest hour - the second time around - but I've always felt that these recordings (now all on one CD - Sixteen Men Swinging - or Spotify!) more than matched the Atomic.
Check them out on Spotty.
Lance.


http://open.spotify.com/user/danj0hns0n/playlist/4EtRG8TiDuFkqn0auFP4M3 Count Basie – Basie In Europe, Blues Alley
ReplyDeleteBasie at his live best, check out Cherokee!