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Count Basie Live At The Sands CD

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Lush swing is the defining characteristic of this release. Count Basie, in the 1950s, aimed to fashion an orchestra for venues such as "The Ed Sullivan Show." By the time these performances were recorded, opening for and playing with Frank Sinatra at the Copa Room of the Las Vegas Sands Hotel, Basie had put together just such a band.

Intoxicating as the martinis and highballs being enjoyed by the patrons, this music combined musical muscle with easy-on-the-ears entertainment. Effervescent, but certainly not champagne music, Basie's band is all the more tantalizing for its ability to control its raw power and shape exquisite softness into songs like "Hello Little Girl." The brass sensually caresses the tune, flirting with the finesse of a Vegas showgirl.

Recorded live at the Copa Room, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada from January 26-February 1, 1966. Includes liner notes by Loren Schoenberg.

Live Recording

Personnel: William "Count" Basie (piano); Bobby Plater (alto saxophone, flute); Eric Dixon (tenor saxophone, flute); Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone, flute); Marshall Royal (alto saxophone, clarinet); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tenor saxophone); Al Aarons, George "Sonny" Cohn, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau (trumpet); Henderson Chambers, Al Grey, Grover Mitchell (trombone); Bill Hughes (bass trombone); Freddie Green (guitar); Norman Keenan (bass); Percival "Sonny" Payne (drums).

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List Price $18.98 (You save $2.93)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Live Performances, Big Band
Label Reprise
Orig Year 1998
All Time Sales Rank   27413  
CD Universe Part number 1101513
Catalog number 45946
Discs 1
Release Date Jul 21, 1998
Studio/Live Live
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Dana Watson; Matt Pierson
Personnel Count Basie - piano
Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone, flute
Sonny Payne - drums
Al Aarons
Bill Hughes - bass trombone
Sonny Cohn
Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone, flute
Bobby Plater - alto saxophone, flute
Grover Mitchell - trombone
Henderson Chambers
Norman Keenan - bass
Wallace Davenport
Phil Guilbeau - trumpet

Also: Freddie Green, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Al Grey
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Count Basie Live At The Sands Album Track Listing



Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Introduction
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Splanky
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.I Can't Stop Loving You  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.I Needs to Be Bee'd With$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Flight of the Foo Birds
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Satin Doll$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Makin' Whoopee!
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Corner Pocket$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.One O'Clock Jump$0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.Hello Little Girl
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.Whirly Bird
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.Blues For Ilene
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample13.This Could Be the Start of Something Big  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample14.Jumpin' at the Woodside  $0.99

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Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

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I grew up, literally, listening to Frank Sinatra's Live At The Sands. While not his greatest set of recordings (what is, anyway?) It showed Frank in the setting I think he preferred, doing songs I'm sure he preferred, with the one band he always expressed admiration for. Which brings us to this recording. I often wondered if the producers, while recording Sinatra, had just a bit of the Basie band tucked away in the vaults. They did, and the results are well worth the wait. Taken from the short opening set before Frank took the stage, the tracks represent the best of the Basie band at that time, with the impressive Sonny Payne back in the drum chair, along with Al Grey and Grover Mitchell on trombone, Marshall Royal, Eric Dixon, and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis in the sax section and Freddie Green on guitar - not to mention Bill Basie on piano. Not only are there classic and compelling versions of such Basie classics as One O'Clock Jump, Satin Doll, Jumpin' At The Woodside, but included are the Neal Hefti compositions Splanky, Flight Of The Foo Birds, and Whirly Bird, all of which did much to secure Basie's fortunes in the 50's as he rebuilt the band from a small unit dominated by superb soloists into a dynamic, arrangement-driven modern big band that swung. Quincy Jones, who wrote much of the arrangements for Sinatra for this date, contributed I Needs to Be Bee'd With. Basie leads the band more as a superb editor than as a pianist, even though he plays more robustly here than on any number of other 60's vintage Basie releases. With 14 cuts in all, only 2 are less than superb. Jumpin' At The Woodside, paired down to single-size, just flat jumps. This is the perfect companion to Frank Sinatra's Sinatra At The Sands and should be in any big band collection.
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