Album
April In Paris
1956 · Jazz
5 collectors on Gatefold own this
April In Paris is a Jazz album by Count Basie And His Orchestra, originally released in 1956. On Gatefold: 75 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.
About
With rock ’n’ roll eclipsing big bands by the ’50, even the greatest of bandleaders faced a period of reassessment, and Bill “Count” Basie was no exception. Thankfully Norman Granz and Verve Records did much to extend Basie’s reign in the postwar period. And with the arrival of fresh band members—very fine composer-arrangers among them—Basie’s “New Testament” period was off and running. <i>April in Paris</i> was one of the landmark, and the centerpiece was “Wild Bill” Davis’ arrangement of the Vernon Duke/”Yip” Harburg title track, with its easy glide and over-the-top false endings (“let’s try it one more once!”). .
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Tracklist
- 1April in Paris3:50
- 2Corner Pocket5:18
- 3Didn't You4:48
- 4Sweety Cakes4:01
- 5Magic3:09
- 6Shiny Stockings5:17
- 7What Am I Here For?3:24
- 8Midgets3:15
- 9Mambo Inn3:24
- 10Dinner with Friends3:08
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Big Band & Swing
- lush
- triumphant
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Benny PowellTROMBONE
- Bill GrahamALTO SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Bill HughesTROMBONE
- Charlie FowlkesBARITONE SAXOPHONE BASS SAXOPHONE BARITONE SAXOPHONE, BASS CLARINET
- Count BasieDIRECTED BY, PIANO PIANO
- Eddie JonesBASS
- Frank FosterTENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE, CLARINET ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, FLUTE
- Frank WessALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, FLUTE, CLARINET CLARINET
- Freddie GreenELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Henry CokerTROMBONE
- Joe NewmanTRUMPET FEATURING
- Marshall RoyalALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, CLARINET CLARINET
- Reunald JonesTRUMPET
- Sonny PayneDRUMS
- Thad JonesTRUMPET
- Wendell CulleyTRUMPET
- Jose MangualPERCUSSION
- Quincy JonesTRUMPET
5 collectors on Gatefold own this · 75 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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