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| 1. | Tree Frog
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| 2. | Flirt
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| 3. | Blues for Alfy
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| 4. | Something to Live For
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| 5. | Plain Brown Wrapper
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| 6. | Swee' Pea
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| 7. | Ticker
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| 8. | Too Close for Comfort
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| 9. | Told You So
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| 10. | The Git
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Jazz / Big Band; Swing
Recorded: January 12-14, 1976, RCA Studios, New York, New York
Count Basie - piano
Jimmy Forrest - saxophone
Eric Dixon - saxophone
Danny Turner - saxophone
Bobby Plater - saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes - saxophone
Sonny Cohn - trumpet
Pete Minger - trumpet
Bobby Mitchell - trumpet
John Thomas - trumpet
Jack Feierman - trumpet
Al Grey - trombone
Curtis Fuller - trombone
Mel Wanzo - trombone
Bill Hughes - trombone
Freddie Green - guitar
John Duke - bass
Butch Miles - drums
"I was in awe of working with that band," Bill Holman says. "They had just had a two-week layoff, and I showed up with a bunch of new charts that called for some strenuous reading. But Basie made it easy for me. He just talked to the guys and everything went fine." It certainly did. Eight Holman originals and his ingenious treatments of two standards make this one of the best Basie records of the second half of the century. Holman energized Billy Strayhorn's "Something to Live For" in an arrangement perfect for dancing, even better for listening. He eulogized Strayhorn in "Swee'pea," one of several powerful blues in the album. Holman wrote beautifully for the band and left plenty of room for Basie's inimitable piano.
Includes original release liner notes by Benny Green. |
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