COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA – KURHAUS CONCERT 1954
The Hague, Netherlands (Newly discovered recordings)
COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCHESTRA
Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Wendell Culley (tp), Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Bill Hughes (tb), Marshal Royal (cl,as,mus. dir.), Ernie Wilkins (as,ts,arr), Frank Wess (ts,fl,arr), Frank Foster (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bar), Count Basie (p,ldr,arr), Freddie Greene (g), Eddie Jones (b), Gus Johnson (dm), Bixie Crawford (voc)
Kurhaus, Scheveningen, Netherlands, 27 March 1954
Tracklist:
1. Announcements & Tune
2. Basie English
3. How High The Moon
4. You’re Not The Kind
5. Jumpin’ At The Woodside
6. Jive At Five
7. Why Not
8. Yesterdays
9. Blee Blop Blues
10. Nails
11. Two Franks
12. Rockabye Basie
13. Perdido
14. Straight Life
15. Plymouth Rock
16. Peace Pipe
17. Three Little Words
18. Boogie Woogie Medley: Basie Boogie – Paradise Squat
19. One O’clock Jump
Recordings made during Count Basie’s first tour in Europe, 1954. It also was his first concert in the Netherlands. The band is well recorded during a live concert in the Kurhaus, The Hague, March 27, 1954. This cd presents the Basie band with a repertoire that determined the standard for big bands in the 50s and 60s
Arrangements: Neil Hefti, Ernie Wilkins & Johnny Mandel
Solo’s: Joe Newman, Joe Wilder (tp), Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal (as), Frank Wess (ts,fl), Frank Foster (ts), Eddie Jones (b),Bixie Crawford (voc) and of course Count Basie on piano
Total playing time: 76:53
Released 2015.