1 Bluesville 6:57
2 88 Basie Street 4:45
3 Contractor's Blues 7:49
4 The Blues Machine 6:27
5 Katy 2:31
6 Sunday At The Savoy 12:34
Alto Saxophone, Flute – Christopher Woods, Danny Turner (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5)
Baritone Saxophone – John Williams (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5)
Bass – Cleveland Eaton
Conductor, Composed By, Arranged By – Sam Nestico (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5)
Drums – Dennis Mackrel
Guitar – Joe Pass (tracks: 3,6)
Piano – Count Basie
Producer, Liner Notes – Norman Granz
Tenor Saxophone – Kenny Hing (tracks: 3,6)
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Eric Dixon (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Eric Schneider (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)
Trombone – Bill Hughes (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5), Booty Wood (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5), Dennis Wilson (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5), Grover Mitchell (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5)
Trumpet – Dale Carley (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5), Jim Crawford (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Bob Summers, Frank Szabo (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5), Sonny Cohn (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5)
Studio: Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, May 11 and 12, 1983
One of the pieces on this album is called "The Blues Machine," which could stand as a description of the big band Count Basie operated for half a century. In the 1983 edition, Basie molded the talents of a mixture of veterans and relative youngsters to produce the immediately identifiable Basie sound and spirit. Sam Nestico's arrangements, so vital to the band in Basie's final years, are featured on four tracks. On the remaining two, Basie heads up a small unit with saxophonists Chris Woods and Kenny King, the rapidly developing young trumpeter Bob Summers, and guitar wizard Joe Pass.
Includes original liner notes by Norman Granz. |
