Count Basie (Thad Jones NOT solo) April in Paris - Live!
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Envoyée le lundi 26 mai 2008 16:54:56 par bobjazz11
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The Count Basie Orchestra plays this Neil Hefti arrangement and I the video I took this from had Thad Jones taking the solo.
I'm from Liverpool ; and this music saved me from the Beatles!
I was just listening to another big band from 1964 (no names, but not Woody). Great players, but the ensemble passages are all ragged. Then I listen to Basie and I think, yeah. Different style, but this band sounds rehearsed. Not boring. Rehearsed. Sax soli and you hear a chord.
Hard to see the video but recognize Jaws and Marshall and looks like Bill Hughes. I love and always dug hard Basie and his wonderful band. A powerful machine and if you stood in front of he band, the music pierced you through and through your body and soul. I am privileged to have heard and known the band for many years before Count Basie died.
Wow. Granted this epicness is from the mid-20th century, but thank goodness for audio quality advancements. I'm in a High School Jazz band and we sound better than the recording here. xD