Album
Four Classic Albums
Jazz
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Four Classic Albums is a Jazz album by Count Basie And His Orchestra. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
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Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Big Band & Swing
- warm
- triumphant
- theatrical
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
4 albums on 2 CDs.
Recording dates and locations:
April in Paris
1-1 to 1-4: July 26, 1955, New York City
1-5 to 1-8: January 4, 1956, New York City
1-9, 1-10: January 5, 1956, New York City
King of Swing
1-11 to 1-14: December 12, 1953, New York City
1-15: August 13, 1953, Los Angeles
1-16 to 1-20: August 16, 1954, New York City
The Atomic Mr. Basie
2-1, 2-2, 2-4 to 2-8, 2-11: October 21, 1957, New York City
2-3, 2-9, 2-10: October 22, 1957, New York City
The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Benny PowellTROMBONE
- Count BasiePIANO
- Eddie JonesBASS
- Freddie GreenGUITAR
- Henry CokerTROMBONE
- Joe NewmanTRUMPET
- Wendell CulleyTRUMPET
- Al GreyTROMBONE
- Bill GrahamALTO SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Bill HughesTROMBONE
- Charlie FowlkesBARITONE SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Eddie "Lockjaw" DavisTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Ernie WilkinsALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Frank FosterSAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Frank WessALTO SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Gus JohnsonDRUMS
- Henderson ChambersTROMBONE
- Joe WilderTRUMPET
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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