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[jazzplusplus]

The Great Basie Eight (1988)

Hommage à Count Basie par The Great Basie Eight, à la Stadthalle Leonberg en 1988, pour une émission de la série ZDF JazzClub. Clark Terry (tp), Buddy Tate (ts, cl), Billy Mitchell (ts, as), Urbie Green (tb), Nat Pierce (p), John Basile (g), Red Mitchell (b), Butch Mites (dr)

[saidthewizard]

Not Every Fine Soloist ...

... is consumed by a burning need to take solos all the time. 

Eddie Green was one such musician. For over five decades, he played the rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra. His timing, drive and accuracy contributed massively to the Basie swing, and it is not unreasonable to assume that the band would have been less impressive without the Green factor. Which shows that if you are fabulous at what you are doing, you don't necessarily have to take center stage to be at the heart of things.

On this recording, Freddie Green can be heard in a different setting. Played by a septet of wonderful musicians,  from the 1955 album Mr. Rhythm ((RCA Victor LPM-1210), this is a title called "Litle Red".

Freddie Green - guitar Al Cohn - sax Joe Newman - trumpet Henry Coker - trombone Nat Pierce - piano Milt Hinton - bass Jonathan "Jo" Jones - drums

[mosaicrecords]

Drummer Frank Capp, RIP

Frankie Capp, drummer and big band leader, has died. An alum of Kenton’s outstanding early 50s big band he was a mainstay in Los Angeles and among many other outstanding groups he co-led one of the great big bands in the 1970s along with Nat Pierce. Monk Rowe published this interview with Frank Capp.

-Scott Wenzel

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[takmiblog]

Rosemary Clooney

Everything's coming up rosie

[maestitiaparva]

Scrapple from the Apple composed by Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker, Bill Wellington  - Alto Sax Wardell Gray - Tenor Sax Jack Lawlor - Bass Joe McDonald - Drums Nat Pierce - Piano

1951.