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Count Basie / Joe Williams

Title: Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings

Label: Fresh Sound

Cat No:FSRCD655
Format:CD

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• Although in the early 1950s the Count Basie band had been widely appreciated by jazz fans and musicians even before Joe Williams joined on Christmas Day, 1954, his arrival as the band’s vocalist put the final seal on public approval.

• From the first day, he won over both jazz fans and R&B audiences with his laconic, deadpan delivery and earthy, beat-rich blues style. Joe Williams - Down Beat’s New Star of that Year - gave the Basie band was a link to the people, a vocal bridge join them to the band.

• Williams backed by the Basie band was a magical combination. A marriage made in heaven.

• Personnel : includes : Thad Jones, Joe Newman (tp); Benny Powell (tb); Marshall Royal; (as, cl); Bill Graham (as); Frank Wess (as, ts, fl); Frank Foster (ts); Charlie Fowlkes (brs, bcl); Count Basie (p); Freddie Green (g); Eddie Jones (b); Sonny Payne (d); Joe Williams (vcl). Arrangements by Ernie Wilkins, Frank Foster, Buddy Bregman, Recorded at Fine Studios, New York City, May 17 & July 26, 1955 / Universal Recordings Group, Chicago, January 23, 1956 / Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, April 28 & May 1, 1956.

• 2 LPs on 1 CD - 24 tracks (including a bonus track & an alternate take) - 24 Bit Digitally Remastered - Mono / Stereo.

Track Listing for Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings
1 Every Day I Have the Blues
2 The Comeback
3 Alright, OK, You Win
4 In the Evening, When the Sun Goes Down
5 Teach Me Tonight
6 Please Send Me Someone to Love
7 My Baby Upsets Me
8 Every Day I Fall In Love
9 Roll ‘Em Pete
10 As I Love You
11 Stop! Don’t!
12 I’m Beginning to See the Light
13 Our Love Is Here to Stay
14 A Fine Romance
15 Nevertheless
16 Singin’ in the Rain
17 There Will Never Be Another You
18 My Baby Just Cares for Me
19 ‘S Wonderful
20 This Can’t Be Love
21 Come Rain or Come Shine
22 I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love with Me
23 Thou Swell

bonus track
24 I’m Beginning to See the Light - alternate take

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Count Basie / Joe Williams

Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings