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George Grand
George Grand Posts: 12,258
edited July 2013 in The Clubhouse
I could listen to Count Basie & his orchestra all day long. What a kick-**** band. Jumpin' at The Woodside is the greatest party song of all-time.
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited June 2013
    George, I share your sentiment. My big band has left a lot of the Basie stuff behind to chase Bobby Darin stuff since we have this new vocalist, and I for one REALLY miss trying to swing like his band.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,630
    edited June 2013
    I can honestly say , i had no idea who they are. I Utubed it. Not bad. not my thing. But not bad for sure. I like seen this kind of stuff at the local parks :) thats awesome
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited June 2013
    xsmi wrote: »
    George, I share your sentiment. My big band has left a lot of the Basie stuff behind to chase Bobby Darin stuff since we have this new vocalist, and I for one REALLY miss trying to swing like his band.

    Darin was also the man.
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited June 2013
    Yes he was , but his bands didn't swing like Basie's.
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  • oldmodman
    oldmodman Posts: 740
    edited June 2013
    I loved the scene in Blazing Saddles when "The Sheriff" is riding through the desert and you hear Count Basie playing in the background. Then he rides his horse up to the bandstand they are playing from.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cLDmgU2Alw
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited June 2013
    My mother was a huge Sinatra fan. She played lots of his stuff from the 50's (my earliest memory!) when I was a kid so I kind of grew up around the Nelson Riddle orchestra and others backing him. When Sinatra Live at The Sands came out in the mid 60's it was a whole new ball game.

    Count Basie's orchestra swung so hard with a groove so bad (Sonny Payne kicking butt on drums), they were almost like a rock band. I've never heard another big band that had that feel.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited June 2013
    drumminman wrote: »
    Count Basie's orchestra swung so hard with a groove so bad (Sonny Payne kicking butt on drums), they were almost like a rock band. I've never heard another big band that had that feel.

    They were better than a rock band. No egos. No drummer with a 500 piece drum set (that can't play anyway), no "posing" during the solos. Just burn down the house good. My parents knew how to have a good time.

    I hear when people say they like swing and big band, and then say that Glenn Miller was the best. Two completely different worlds.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited June 2013
    A good way to find out about other jazz giants is to look at people who played in Basie's band, such as Buddy Rich, Buck Clayton, Illinios Jacquet, Joe Williams, Jimmy Rushing (Mr. 5x5), Jo Jones, the incomparable Lester Young. Of course Ella Fitzgerald and Baltimore's Lady Day. Not to mention arrangers such as Quincy Jones. You could take three people: Louis Armstrong, Bill Basie and Duke Ellington and everyone who played with them or was influenced by them and understand jazz.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,776
    edited June 2013
    I have a smattering of "inherited" CDs that I had given to my father - Basie, Ellingon, the Dorsey brothers, stuff like that.
    Pulled 'em out last night after seeing this thread.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,958
    edited June 2013
    Kenneth Swauger wrote: »
    A good way to find out about other jazz giants is to look at people who played in Basie's band, such as Buddy Rich, Buck Clayton, Illinios Jacquet, Joe Williams, Jimmy Rushing (Mr. 5x5), Jo Jones, the incomparable Lester Young. Of course Ella Fitzgerald and Baltimore's Lady Day. Not to mention arrangers such as Quincy Jones. You could take three people: Louis Armstrong, Bill Basie and Duke Ellington and everyone who played with them or was influenced by them and understand jazz.

    Absolutely Ken. The names you mentioned defined Jazz for decades to come, even today. My wife is a fan of modern jazz, which I am too but the old school players.....you can't touch those guys.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited June 2013
    Finding ripe jazz lp's is all about knowing the sidemen.
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited June 2013
    George Grand wrote: »
    They were better than a rock band. No egos. No drummer with a 500 piece drum set (that can't play anyway), no "posing" during the solos. Just burn down the house good. My parents knew how to have a good time.

    I hear when people say they like swing and big band, and then say that Glenn Miller was the best. Two completely different worlds.
    +1 thanks George for this wonderful thread! I've always loved Big Band Swing music and have a decent collection. So many different variations but it's all good ): . I even love the Western Swing by Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys and of course Asleep At The Wheel. Most people here probably don't remember the orchestras back in the 30's and early 40's that played what was known as "Sweet" music, the kind of slow dancing, romantic songs :wink: Some of my favs were T.D. , Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, Jo Stafford, Helen Forrest, Doris Day, Vera Lynn, and on and on.:cheesygrin: People of all ages will always_ enjoy Big Band Swing music.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited June 2013
    Louis Armstrong, when asked what he liked to listen to when he wasn't playing jazz, he replied, "I like sweet music, when I'm listening for myself".
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,776
    edited June 2013
    I doubt that folks who only know Louis Armstrong from his TV and radio "hits" (Hello, Dolly) have any idea of what an important and influential American musician he was...
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited June 2013
    As Miles said, "No Louis, no me".
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited June 2013
    George, after retiring, can't you literally listen to "Count Basie & his orchestra all day long"?
    Or at least until the 6 o'clock news and weather?:cool:
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited June 2013
    Three words: "April In Paris".:smile:
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited June 2013
    headrott wrote: »
    Three words: "April In Paris".:smile:
    +1 headrott, love that song and the cool "endings,lol!
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited June 2013
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jumpin' at The Woodside is the greatest party song of all-time.
    +10000!
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited June 2013
    The only music I have like this is Billie Holiday, All or nothing at all, and Nat "King" Cole, Welcome to the Club. After I played Nat I called my father and told him I bought an SACD that sounds like what he listens to. He said he has the record. He has all these big bands on well cared for vinyl. He actually spent a lot of time transferring them to CDs to reduce wear and tear.
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited June 2013
    I have always been a fan of Buddy Rich and Gene Kruppa being a drummer, but have only recently started checking out Count Basie and the others. Fantastic stuff! I've always been more of a fan of the Byrd/Coltrane/Monk/Davis/Adderly Bebop, but I'm starting to get more into Big Band.
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited June 2013
    OMG! I 've got tears running down my face from laughing so hard at Jonathan & Darlene Edwards (actually Jo Stafford and Paul Weston who put out numerous comedy albums in the 60's and 70's on songs), you'll be rolling on the floor with their rendition of the 70's song "Stayin' Alive". Check out their take on "April In Paris".:lol:
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited June 2013
    Love the Basie, and for some reason even though most of the recordings are poo I love listening to Cab Calloway. They musta been some kinda cool in their day for sure. When I was a kid my friends dad had a great collection of Lionel Hampton on vinyl that he treated like gold. WIsh I could have those now.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,776
    edited July 2013
    Polkie2009 wrote: »
    OMG! I 've got tears running down my face from laughing so hard at Jonathan & Darlene Edwards (actually Jo Stafford and Paul Weston who put out numerous comedy albums in the 60's and 70's on songs), you'll be rolling on the floor with their rendition of the 70's song "Stayin' Alive". Check out their take on "April In Paris".:lol:

    How the fug have I walked this dusty plain for nearly 5.5 dekayears and not known that Jo Stafford and Paul Weston did this...?!?!?!
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,224
    edited July 2013
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=XvQ8Y6qQLTc
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