Count Basie – And the Kansas City 7 (1962)

Impulse! A-15Rec. Dates : March 21-22, 1962Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Piano/Organ : Count BasieBass : Ed JonesDrums : Sonny PayneFlute : Frank Wess, Eric DixonGuitar : Freddie GreenTenor Sax : Frank Foster, Eric DixonTrumpet : Thad Jones Billboard : 08/11/1962Spotlight Album Here’s one for Basie buffs. The Count’s inimitable piano, so often lost to the general listener in the shouting big band sound,

Jo Jones – Jo Jones Special (1956)

Vanguard – VRS-8503Rec. Dates : August 11, 1955, August 16, 1955Stream this Album Drums : Jo JonesBass : Walter PageClarinet : Rudy PowellGuitar : Freddie GreenePiano : Count Basie, Nat PierceTenor Saxophone : Lucky ThompsonTrombone : Bennie Green, Lawrence BrownTrumpet : Emmett Berry Billboard : 01/14/1956Score of 78 To all who can’t understand the current Basie boom, and certainly to those who do, this set is urgently

Count Basie – Basie in London (1957)

Verve – MGV-8199Rec. Date : September 7, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Count BasieAlto Sax : Bill Graham, Marshall RoyalBaritone Sax : Charlie FowlkesBass : Eddie JonesClarinet : Marshall RoyalDrums : Sonny PayneGuitar : Freddie GreenFlute : Frank WessTenor Sax : Frank Foster, Frank WessTrumpet : Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe NewmanTrombone : Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny PowellVocals : Joe Williams Billboard : 10/14/1957Spotlight on… selection Another

Count Basie – April in Paris (1957)

Verve – MGV-8012Rec. Dates : July 26, 1955, January 4, 1956, January 5, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Count BasieAlto Sax : Bill Graham, Marshall RoyalBaritone Sax : Charlie FowlkesBass : Ed JonesClarinet : Marshall RoyalDrums : Sonny PayneFlute : Frank WessGuitar : Freddie GreenOrgan : Count BasieTenor Sax : Frank Foster, Frank WessTrombone : Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny PowellTrumpet : Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe NewmanVocal : Joe