Release Date: 5/01/2001
Recording Date: 9/2001
Tracks: 21
Label: Trema
Type: CD
- Genre/Styles
- Big Band, Swing
Album Tracks (21)
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What the Critics Say
Europe1 regularly recorded jazz concerts for broadcast during the 1950s and '60s, so this 1960 performance by Count Basie at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris is representative of the heights of the band during the era in which Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Frank Foster, Marshall Royal and Frank Wess were all a part of the group. The set list is diverse, blending originals by bandmembers and Neal Hefti (one of the most prolific contributors to Basie at the time), favorites from other bands' repertoire and a few blues. With a rock-solid rhythm section (Freddie Green, Eddie Jones and Sonny Payne) led by Basie, the focus is on the horn soloists and the tight, consistently swinging ensembles. Highlights include the strutting "Blues in Hoss' Flat," "Makin' Whoopee" (with its delicious vocal-like muted trombone, probably by Al Grey) and band favorite "'Shiny Stockings." ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
