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Count Basie

Title: In London

Label: Fresh Sound

Cat No:FSRCD566
Format:CD

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• Despite the title, this 1956 concert actually took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. This particular band played with an unlimited vitality while the charts demanded the very best from soloists.

• All musicians at the top of their games, the crowd is fanatically enthusiastic and the band returns their enthusiasm in full.

• Joe Newman, Thad Jones (tp), Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal (cl, as), Bill Graham (as), Frank Wess (fl, ts), Frank Foster (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d), Joe Williams (vcl)

Track Listing for In London
1 How High the Moon
2 Shiny Stockings
3 Plymouth Rock
4 Sixteen Men Swinging
5 Yesterdays
6 Flute Juice
7 Untitled
8 Blee Blop Blues
9 Nails
10 Corner Pocket
11 Blues Backstage
12 Well, Alright, OK, You Win
13 Roll ‘em Pete
14 The Comeback
15 One O’clock Jump
16 Jumpin’ at the Woodside

Reviews

The Jazz Rag - Hugh Ledigo

Sit back and let the sounds wash over you. You will never hear the like again.

Jazz Journal - Richard Palmer

Nice to have this fine concert back in circulation again. Good sound.

Discovery catalogue available for
Count Basie

Sound of Swing

April in Paris (180g)

Chairman of the Board (180g)

Basie Plays Hefti + 1 bonus track (180g)

The Quintessence (2CD)

The Quintessence (2CD) Vol. 2

Kansas Jump

Dance Sessions Complete 1953-54

Small Group Studio Recordings 1952-56

Broadway & Hollywood

In London

Hall of Fame

Swinging the Blues (Jazz Reference series)

The Swinging Count

The Band of Distinction (2CD)

Basie Rides Again! (2CD)

One O'Clock Jump - feat Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Will

Basie Talks

Complete Live at The Americana Hotel 1959 (2CD) +

Count Basie on The Beatles + The Atomic Mr. Basie

Jukebox Hits 1940-1952

Chairman of the Board + bonus tracks

April in Paris + bonus tracks

Basie Plays Hefti - + 13 bonus tracks