Basie New Testament Band

[Tony Pusey]

I have just bought The Atomic Basie, and am knocked out by this my first real exposure to the Count, so where do I go next?

[Clunky]

Have to ask the Chairman of the board

[Tony Pusey]

Ho ho ho

[king ubu]

Check "April In Paris" (Verve Master Edition), and the Basie Sings/Joe Williams Swings (Verve as well, but not VME).

Then, it seems, Blue Note will release more soon (a comp and a real one, as far as I understand). They also have a great live CD available, "Breakfast Dance and Barbecue".

ubu

[montg]

Basie at Newport VME has some nice Lester Young.

Also, the combination of the New Testament band with Ellington's on 'First Time' (Sony) is really good. It's hard to think of Ellington and Basie being underrated, but I think this CD tends to get overlooked.... I really like it.

The Japanese just reissued a lot of the Verve 50s material. It's avaliable at redtrumpet.com...I picked up two that I'm waiting for ('The Count!' and 'On My Way Shoutin').

ALso, there's a lot of live material out there. I'm fortunate to have some of the Mosaic material (live in Sweden) thanks to a board memer ...It's very well recorded and, not surprisingly, exciting stuff.

[Brad]

I listened to Atomic Basie earlier this week and was blown away again, especially Neal Hefti's arrangements. Bit by bit, they seem to be releasing what was on the Mosaic Roulette Studio.

[clandy44]

All of the above. Plus, look for Basieites on their own. Coincidentally, I am presently listening to The Complete Joe Newman on Jazz Tribune, a 2-cd set that will give you plenty of the Basie-like magic from performances in the mid 50s.

[montg]

The Vanguard recordings by Buck Clayton and Jo Jones are some other great 50s small group Basie. I've been looking for the Joe Newman (at a fair price, not twice the list price) for some time..still no luck.

[neveronfriday]

[...] I am presently listening to The Complete Joe Newman on Jazz Tribune, a 2-cd set that will give you plenty of the Basie-like magic from performances in the mid 50s.

Been one of my favourite CDs ever since I got it.

It's in frequent rotation here.

Cheers!

[Tony Pusey]

I have just won the complete Basie Live on Roulette Mosaic at auction, so all these posts have whetted my appetite. I will follow up other suggestions as finances allow-Needles to sew, Basie was not my only extravagance!

[king ubu]

[...] I am presently listening to The Complete Joe Newman on Jazz Tribune, a 2-cd set that will give you plenty of the Basie-like magic from performances in the mid 50s.

Been one of my favourite CDs ever since I got it.

It's in frequent rotation here.

Cheers!

you already know, but then I thought I'd remind you...

ubu B-)

[king ubu]

I have just won the complete Basie Live on Roulette Mosaic at auction, so all these posts have whetted my appetite. I will follow up other suggestions as finances allow-Needles to sew, Basie was not my only extravagance!

Have fun with that one, Tony! Me loves it! One of the first Mosaics I got.

ubu

[Alon Marcus]

First of all "Atomic Basie" is great. It was one of the first cd's my father bought when just got a stereo system. It sounded weird and obsolete to me for a long time until I began appreciating jazz and started listening to the variety found in each chorus of this wonderful music.

A surprising discovery for me is a Basie album from the 70's called "Afrique". This is maybe the most adventurous recording by him. Oliver Nelson is responsible for most of the arrangements and compositions (not enough said?!). Additional songs are by Albert Ayler and Pharaoh Sanders. The whole records functions as one long, Africa flavored suite and contains one of the best Hubert Laws works (flute).

Another Basie favorite of mine is the record he made with George Benson. It's rare to hear Benson perform in a jazzy setting like this one, singing and playing very well.