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Count Basie Swings - Joe Williams Sings [Import]

Joe Williams, Count Basie | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (5 Oct 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Verve
  • ASIN: B0000046RR
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 92,121 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Every Day I Have The BluesCount Basie 5:26£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. The ComebackJoe Williams 5:26£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Alright, Okay, You WinCount Basie 3:02£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)Joe Williams 3:34£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Roll 'Em PeteCount Basie 3:10£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Teach Me TonightJoe Williams 3:01£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. My Baby Upsets MeJoe Williams 2:56£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Please Send Me Someone To LoveJoe Williams 3:30£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Ev'ry Day (I Fall In Love)Joe Williams 3:43£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen10. As Long As I Love YouCount Basie 3:04£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Stop! Don't!Joe Williams 2:33£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen12. Too Close For ComfortJoe Williams 2:53£0.89  Buy MP3 

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Here's where the revival started! The Basie band of the 1950s became known to collectors as the "New Testament Band". The "Old Testament" one of the 30s had included Lester Young, Buck Clayton and the greatest Basie soloists. The soloists in this later band weren't on the same scale of giants, but the superb band sound made up for that. What was the clincher was the wonderful singing of Joe Williams. The fundamental blues tracks here are the first and best that he recorded with the band. "Every Day I Have The Blues" on its own was such a powerful performance that it ensured full-house audiences for the rest of Basie's career. There have been few spectacles in jazz like the sight of Joe Williams standing immobile before the band, hands clasped formally before him and swinging till the roof came down! All of that colossal impact, probably unique in jazz, is captured in this invigorating music. Good though he remained, Williams never bettered these performances and there are many who feel that the Basie band was never to be more exciting than at this showing. Truly a case of the very best of both worlds. --Steve Voce

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5.0 out of 5 stars Swing at its best 10 Dec 2012
By Mr. Geoffrey Stokes
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This CD is brilliant and must be in any Count Basie fans collection.
Superb music to listen to anywhere any time.
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Amazon.com: 4.4 out of 5 stars  16 reviews
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5.0 out of 5 stars "I Love The Blues Because It's So Natural. It's Life, Man." 17 Sep 2000
By Anthony G Pizza - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
That quote, from Joe Williams as part of the liner notes for this remarkable re-issue, emphasizes that blues is not so much a rudimentary style as an approach to music and, especially, lyrics. It's a lesson Basie, Williams, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Bobby Bland, and a generation's country, R&B, and blues performers taught the rock and roll revolution that so quickly followed and incorporated them.

"Basie Swings - Williams Sings" joins jazz vocal panache to Basie's rollicking big-band punch. Williams sings circles around the melodies of "The Comeback," (with its stick-and-move sax punctuation) Joe Turner's "Roll 'Em Pete," (with Williams trilling "Ohwellohwellohwell..." as if he discovered a new instrument) and the huge R&B hit, "Everyday I Have The Blues" (later a B.B. King theme song). Credit Frank Foster's inventive, galloping arrangements (brought to the fore by Phil Schaap's excellent remastering) for bringing fire and funk to what otherwise would've been a swing-era holdover. On the ballad side, "In the Evening" brings flutes and clarinets into a sleepy blues tune that recalls Bland's later, "If You Could Read My Mind."

This LP and its long-running success deservedly expanded and extended Basie and Williams' careers, stretching across pop culture from Basie's three LPs with Frank Sinatra (and a band still performing Foster's arrangements today) to Williams' casting on the "Cosby Show." Most importantly, "Basie Swings - Williams Sings" redefined big band music for the post-rock and roll era, making it essential to jazz, blues, and early rock and roll fans all.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Dying for a re-issue! 5 Feb 2004
By Sam Donnelley - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
One of the all time greatest albums. Nearly every track fills you with excitement and joy. But...this is one album that is begging for a high-resolution re-mastering and re-issue. The recording is scratchy, lacks depth, and the bass is nearly non-existent.

Verve Records - Please Please PLEASE! Re-issue this classic album as a Master Edition! This should be one of the 10 most essential jazz CDs in every person's library, but it won't happen without a CD that meets the modern auditory expectation for jazz classics of this era.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars great stuff 3 Jun 2000
By Daniel A. Brodnitz - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
An excellent album. Great variety and the Basie band really smokes on this one. One of the other reviews talked about the Sinatra/Basie lps, and they're unquestionably excellent--especially the first one. But this title has an explosive quality all its own. Well worth your time.
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