Beschrijving
COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA – KURHAUS CONCERT 1954
The Hague, Netherlands (Newly discovered recordings)
BASIE COUNT & HIS ORCHESTRA
Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Wendell Culley (tp), Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Bill
Hughes (tb), Marshal Royal (cl,as,mus. dir.), Ernie Wilkins (as,ts,arr), Frank Wess (ts,fl,arr),
Frank Foster (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bar), Count Basie (p,ldr,arr), Freddie Greene (g), Eddie
Jones (b), Gus Johnson (dm), Bixie Crawford (voc)
Kurhaus, Scheveningen, Netherlands, 27 March 1954
- Announcements & Tune
- Basie English
- How High The Moon
- You’re Not The Kind
- Jumpin’ At The Woodside
- Jive At Five
- Why Not
- Yesterdays
- Blee Blop Blues
- Nails
- Two Franks
- Rockabye Basie
- Perdido
- Straight Life
- Plymouth Rock
- Peace Pipe
- Three Little Words
- Boogie Woogie Medley: Basie Boogie – Paradise Squat
- One O’clock Jump
Deze opnamen werden gemaakt door G.T. Bakker tijdens het eerste optreden van Count Basie in Nederland op 27 maart 1954. Deze belangwekkende cd vult een hiaat in de Nederlandse jazzdiscografie. Deze cd laat de Basie-band van 1954 horen in het repertoire, waarmee het orkest de norm zette voor de big band-jazz van de jaren vijftig en zestig. Belangrijkste arrangeurs opdeze cd zijn o.a. Neil Hefti, Ernie Wilkins en Johnny Mandel
Belangrijkste solisten behalve Count Basie zijn: Joe Newman, Joe Wilder (tp), Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal (as), Frank Wess (ts,fl), Frank Foster (ts), Eddie Jones (b) & Bixie Crawford (voc)
English
Recordings made during Count Basie’s first tour in Europe, 1954. It also was his first concert in the Netherlands. The band is well recorded during a live concert in the Kurhaus, The Hague, March 27, 1954. This cd presents the Basie band with a repertoire that determined the standard for big bands in the 50s and 60s
Arrangements: Neil Hefti, Ernie Wilkins & Johnny Mandel
Solo’s: Joe Newman, Joe Wilder (tp), Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal (as), Frank Wess (ts,fl), Frank Foster (ts), Eddie Jones (b),Bixie Crawford (voc) and of course Count Basie on piano
Total playing time: 76:53
Audio restauration: Harry Coster
liner notes: Ben Kragting – Tim de Wolf (in Dutch & English)
Artwork: Egbert Luys
Producer: Ben Kragting
Label: Doctor Jazz DJ 015
