Artist: Count Basie Big Band
Album: Fun Time
Genre: Swing
Label: Pablo
Released: 1975
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Fun Time (Hefti)
- Why Not (Hefti)
- Lil' Darlin' (Hefti)
- In a Mellow Tone (Ellington)
- Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Eyton-Sour)
- Good Time Blues (Wilkins)
- I Hate You Baby (Caffey-Grey-Heard)
- Lonesome Blues (Caffey)
- Whirley Bird (Hefti)
- One O'Clock Jump (Basie)
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- Personnel:
- Count Basie - piano
- Al Grey, Curtis Fuller, Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo - trombones
- Sonny Cohn, Frank Szabo - trumpets, flugelhorns
- Pete Minger, Dave Stahl, Bob Mitchell - trumpets
- Eric Dixon, Danny Turner, Bobby Plater - saxophones, flutes
- Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- John Duke - bass
- Butch Miles - drums
- Bill Caffey - vocals (7,8)
This big-band performance from the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival introduces what could be called Count Basie's third great orchestra (although in style it was a continuation of the second one he formed in 1952). With trombonist Al Grey, Jimmy Forrest on tenor and the fiery drummer Butch Miles giving this early Pablo version of the band its own personality, the Basie orchestra is in top form for a strong set. Of special note are two fine vocals by Bill Caffey, who would quickly drift into obscurity.
Review by Scott Yanow