+poppachubby chubby : esp, without all the fake miking that goes on today, which is unpleasant to hear and throws the balance of the sound off, since the producers control that. Back then the "studio" blended the sound and the instruments were not usually individually miked. I still believe that recordings became more "shrill" when the vacuum tubes and big microphones were replaced by solid state and skinny mikes. So I am hoping this ran through vacuum tubes. OBTW, not trying to detract from your post; agreed.
Everyone's so humble in this performance. Arrogance is so commonplace in music today - which is ironic seeing that they don't have half the talent Count Basie & Co. possessed.
True that! Cats these days think they're some sort of modern day Da Vinci with musical knowledge that trumps all predecessors. Seems we've lost the "entertainer" and "have a good time" vibe.
Today, August 21st 2016 is the 112th anniversary of the birth of Count Basie. If you are interested in more historical recordings by African-Americans, please check out my youtube channel "Remember our Music" a site which daily honors a great African-American musician like Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Oscar Peterson, plus divas of blues and jazz, including: Dinah Washington, Alice Coltrane and Lorez Alexandria, described by many as "one of the most gifted and underrated jazz singers of the twentieth century". all born in the month of August!
They had "swagger". They were confident. Frank Wess told me they played about 300 dates a year, and that the band I was in would never be able to come close to playing this way, that it came from the organic experience of doing it all the time, getting paid, high level, practice but most importantly performance, and he said after playing together every day like that they all knew each other, the sounds, the notes and their lives. This period of JAZZ MUSIC WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. When you watch Lockjaw you see SWAGGER and the look that says, I know I'm bad. But not arrogance, because at this time Sonny Stitt, or Johnny Griffin, or Rollins or Miles or Trane or anyone might show up, so there was no need for arrogance. and Making a little money helps. Bill Hughes told me they were stars! That is the other difference CONFIDENCE, you don't learn that in college either. And Mr. Basie ran a tight ship, stage presence, business, no drinking on stage, no talking etc. Classic African -American disciplined Jazz.
1. ALL OF ME ( 00:00 ) 2. FLIGHT OF THE FOO BIRDS ( 3:00 ) 3. THE MIDNIGHT SUN NEVER SETS ( 6:00 ) 4. BLUES FOR EILEEN ( 9:30 ) 5. JUMPIN' AT THE WOODSIDE ( 14:58 ) 6. I NEEDS TO BE BEED WITH ( 18:50 ) 7. APRIL IN PARIS ( 24:33 ) 8. LITTLE DARLIN' ( 27:59 ) 9. WHIRLY BIRD ( 32:08 ) 10. ONE O'CLOCK JUMP ( 40:15 ) + CLOSING COMMENT BY BASIE
+Terry A BRILLIANT comment, my friend!! Basie's sparse, elegant style is the ULTIMATE in making every note "meaningful", if you will. There's not ONE OUNCE of excess!!
Internet and RU-vid an incredible invention. All music available wherever we go. An iPhone, iPad et cetera and a good headset. Wow...!! In addition, the best jazz music ever made. Thank you Mr Basie and other guys.
And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, was THE masterclass in big band swing. The quality of this band was rarely- if ever- eclipsed and will never come again.
I have gone to countless shows ranging from Merle Haggard, to Black Sabbath, to Alice Cooper, SuperTramp, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Ella Fitzgerald but I'm tellin' ya, Basie was the best.
All of me Flight of the foo birds The midnight sun will never set Blues for Ilean Jumpin' at the Woodside I needs to be beed with April in Paris Whirly-bird Li'l darlin' One o'clock jump Direction, piano: Count Basie Saxophones: Marshall Royal, Bobby Plater, Eric Dixon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Charlie Fowlkes Trompettes: Sonny Cohn, Al Aarons, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau Trombones: Al Grey, Henderson Chambers, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes Guitare: Freddie Green Basse: Norman Keenan Batterie: Rufus Jones
In the mid 60s I was a single young London police officer living in Trevor Bingham Section House in Tooting South London.I played Basie's Kansas City Suite & Atomic Basie albums in my bedroom a million times. After some 5 years I moved on, but every officer that also lived there certainly knew who Count Basie was when I left.
I have had many fine band experiences since RU-vid brought up the yearly band competitions called Essentially Ellington with players like Summer Camargo. The point is that powerhouse music is still being made with music teachers keeping it going. The Eseentially Ellington concerts are an easy look up.
Count Basie and his Orchestra:- Sonny Cohn, Al Aarons, Wallace Davenport, Phil Guilbeau, trumpet; Al Grey, Henderson Chambers, Grover Mitchell, trombone; Bill Hughes, bass trombone; Marshall Royal, Bobby Plater, Eric Dixon, reeds; Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, tenor sax; Charlie Fowlkes, baritone sax; Count Basie, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Norman Keenan, acoustic double bass; Rufus Jones, drums.
+lastknowngood0 Yeah, the Pendergast machine was still operating in KC. They tried to paint Harry Truman with his color but he was clean. He knew Pender- gast, but in a friendly way.
Zakia HarSome sources have it that Jones also played with James Brown at some point. But I can find nothing that supports the claim, and am inclined to call bullshit since I can't imagine how or when it might've happened. Dunno, seems unlikely, especially seeing how Jones (accounts concur) was forced to put down his sticks in 1973, due to the debilitating effects of early-onset arthritis. He died in 1990, after reputedly having spent his later years working as a janitor.t from wiki
It's December of 2016 , but my Dad passed away in 1996 at age 77 and I remember listening to Basie with him in the 1950's when I was 8 or 9 years old. Yes , tears. So good.
Me too, Tom. My Dad used to take me to jazz clubs like Birdland and Basin Street in the late 1950s, where I remember seeing the Basie band several times. They were and are the best! My Dad's been gone 47 years (I'm 74), and I still miss him. But when I listen to this great music it's almost like being with him again. Yes, tears in my eyes as I write this. Cheers.
Got to see Basie at Disneyland in the ‘80’s right before he passed. He came out in a motorized chair and had to be helped to the stand but once enthroned the band just roared! Saw Butch there in the ‘70’s and I think the last drummer with him was Greg Fields, not too shabby a drummer himself…
How did I get to be 63 without experiencing Count Basie and his orchestra? I feel like I stumbled into an ocean of deep, deep musicianship. There is no weak link. Every player a virtuoso in his own right. I wanted to applaud. I wanted to stand and cheer with the audience. i never heard a trombone sound that way. Eddie Lockjaw Davies on saxophone just changed my life. Thank you yurinickolaevich.
Greatest Big Band ever. The swing, the pulse, the feel of this music is not found anywhere else. The best group of soloists and ensemble players ever assembled.
Saw Basie the first time in 1958 and many, many times till he left us. I got friendly with some of the musicians. I ask what did Basie do to have them ALWAYS play at perfection level? It was the musicians who would demand dicipline between themselves I was told. One of the moments of life: picking advocados in Marshall Royal's garden!!
First time I saw him live was 1964, a concert sponsored by the college. Ot was a rough start, the boys were in a locker room when the student came in with his check. Mr. Basie turned up his nose and said "me and thecboys. We onlybplay forc cash." There was a short panic until someone on the board of directors owned the town bank, and was in attendance He shot like a bullet returned with cash and all was well. Band sounded unf***ing incredible. My favorite basie drummer. Speedy, was not there but sonny Payne killed. As did everyone.i I herd have I l live a kalff dozen times each one vbetter than the last an 8 or 10 times as the ghost. Band. The ghost band. Didntvalwayswas netter with a. Guitar but no one else was vgteddie . (I'm looking at you, Carla motis) If they were in town tomorrow id. Be. There.
The Basie band was always a thrill, and this performance recorded by the BBC is no exception. BBC contributes a beautiful set, first rate sound balance and camera work. Better yet, they stay completely out of the way and let Basie do his thing. And the capper -- the BBC clearly had arranged for the band to do a complete run-through of the show, not for the band, but as a rehearsal for the TV sound and video crew to get the live sound mix right and have cameras in all the right places that made great musical sense! Five stars for everyone on this one, and especially to BBC4 for treating this band like the royalty it was!
23.6.17 UTUBE Count Basie.What idiot rates a society by invention. The thing is they dont do that with their wife or GF do they.Perhaps the clowns need to read the 1000 pp of evidence we've gathered in Cent London re HM Coroners. Courts. Charities. Govt. MPs. Religion. Universities. Lufthansa re cover ups re 144+ deaths. Lottery. Media.Police (violent attacks on us). BBC ? 'hide evidence abroad'..But dont worry cos ya got oxygen sensor on ya GM motor.and a 50 inch TV. You've even voted for corrupt trump caught in Scotland assoc with said Universities and a golf course where residents harassed all for guess what. More money.
I live in the US. This was probably recorded by BBC2, given the year it was recorded (1965). According to Wikipedia, BBC4 did not start until 2002. BBC4 aired this as a "show from the BBC archives", which was thankfully stored well.
THE best band ever. I met the count , his wife and band members back stage. Such a gracious man. I got his autograph and the band members. That drummer 🥁!! Basie n Sinatra. The best talents ever.
Я чуть не умерла от соло барабанщика! У меня остановилось дыхание и сердце! Я кричала и плакала от изумления и восторга ! Это что-то невероятное и невозможное! За гранью...БРАВО ГЕНИЯМ ДЖАЗА❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
TR - If you are interested in jazz drummers who could really play, perhaps look into not only Rufus Jones (who also played with Duke Ellington), but four other Basie drummers, Jo Jones and Harold Jones, Sonny Payne and (briefly) Louie Bellson (who also played with Ellington). Other greats included Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Joe Morello, Billy Higgins, Billy Hart, Billy Cobham, Tony Williams, Jack de Johnette, Alan Dawson, Mel Lewis, and going way back, Sid Catlett, Baby Dodds, Cliff Leeman, Dave Tough and Chick Webb. There are others, of course.
@@CampiGruppo And don't forget the great Butch Miles ! My favorite drummer for the Count was the amazing Sonny Payne, small in size but big in talent ! Ciao da Francia !!
Was lucky enough to meet, interview, and do a special TV (WOKR TV 13) feature story on Bill Basie when he and his big band played the TOP OF THE PLAZA in Rochester NY way back in the day (circa 1969). What a blast, what a musician, and what a great guy he was to me too. Will never forget it, I was 30 years old, in love with this music, and he gave me the thrill of a lifetime. Thank you, Count Basie!
The Count always had a great sounding band. I never tire of it after all these years of my life. I love his laid back way of playing the piano and his wonderful sense of humor! SYLVIA - FL - 10-03-2018.
How could ANYONE give this a thumbs down? Oh my goodness, that biting brass, that walking bass, that blue beat of the best big band that ever was!!! I dig them all, from Ted Heath to Ellington to Goodman, Shaw, Miller, Lunceford, Quincy, Herman, James... but for my money, Count is tops.
@@jeanpayne3225 Ted Heath had a string of really great musicians. He was a wonderful man as well, from all accounts. His band was one of the first I came across on the radio as a young schoolboy. That ensured I came back for more. I joined my local dance-hall band at age 19 and had the great privilege of playing there with one of Ted's former top trumpet players, Harry Hall. Hearing Harry sharpened up my act first as guitarist then bassist.
I was lucky enough to see Ellington, Basie, Goodman, and Herman in concert - all at different venues. Ellington was the tops but Basie and Goodman close seconds. Still pinch myself all these years later.
One of the great Count Basie Shows, demonstrating the energy and power that Basie generates. I saw him 'live' in Sheffield in 1974 and have followed jazz and swing music ever since....
Great heavenly performance. Just to think in the America of 1965 not one of these fine men could stay at the best hotels nor dine at the finest restaurants downtown within the cities in which they played in. For that reason, many Jazz artists fell in love with Europe because they were treated like men. Like men.....
palmares77 actually basies band was part of frank sinatra's tour on Las Vegas at the Sand's Hotel. They knew who they were. In the East Coast and in Las Vegas they were treated with the upmost respect. They stayed and played for that hotel
It was my great pleasure and privilege to see this fantastic band, first in London, England then in my home country of Scotland. I'll never forget the time (early-mid 1960s) when my pal picked me up from work at 5pm in northeast Scotland and drove his very fast Mini Cooper like a bat out of hell to cover the 100 miles to Glasgow and the Basie gig. Made it just in time for a swift drink in the pub across from the concert hall. We got our drinks, and there was the man himself and 5-6 members of the band at the other end of the bar. Bill Basie, cigar in mouth, and genial as ever, raised his glass in our direction and of course we immediately reciprocated. To see living jazz legends in concert is one thing; to be acknowledged by one of the greatest ever in a shared space is one of my everlasting memories. What a fantastic band and what a wonderful human being Bill Basie was. That he and his contemporaries were still back then the victims of mind-numbing vicious racism in their US homeland still raises my hackles in sheer disgust. Your precious memory is safe with true jazz fans and normal human beings, Mr Basie.
@@derofficer My absolute pleasure, fellow jazz aficionado. One has cherished moments in life, of one kind and another, which outshine the bad times. My jazz luminary encounters are well-remembered for the simple reason that these amazing guys brought their music over the Atlantic for us northern Europeans to appreciate, and in my case, to play over and again with renewed pleasure each time. Just a few months after meeting Mr Basie I and my younger brother came face-to-face with none other than that other big band legend, Duke Ellington in a city near to us in Scotland. Talk about being in the hallowed presence of jazz royalty!
Some people are born with a condition Called: " Tasteless- concrete ear syndrome" when those persons pass on the go place where the Braying. gurgling vocals of. Stevie Knicks plays loudly 24 hours for eternity .
My Father Preston plays lead Alto on Rambo, Don't you want a man like me, and many more.His chapter in the world of Count Basie details his almost worship like Love for the Basie style.
At their absolute peak, this mid 1960's Basie band is probably the best big band the world has ever known. This 1965 concert is stunning to the point where it can be said that its one of their greatest ever concerts. I was lucky to see them once in Melbourne, Australia. I now listen to them every day
Count Basie and his Orchestra played the Covered Wagon Inn on the Philadelphia Main Line. After one of the shows, my dad entertained the Count and some of the band members at our house. "Pennies from Heaven" reminded me that hearing Basie arrangements was a reward well worth the wait. Thanks for the RU-vid contribution.
I was able to catch Count Basie & his band several times in LA & twice in Supper Clubs & still recall My extended Gooseflesh moments as if it were last night!.....
I was 26 when I first met Count Basie. I dated his Manager for a few years in the 70’s. Was blessed to hear Basie play in all kinds of venues, large and small and historic, all over the world. I am now 72 and to this day I cherish those years of hearing this consistently superior Count Basie Band perform..never off, never angry, never egos..Basie did not allow it. A wonderfully talented, beautifully spirited, humble great man...in everything he did!
@@debrathompson4319 I always thought that he came across that way, but it's nice to have it confirmed by someone who was there in the flesh. Sadly modesty, elegance and talent seem to be in extremely short supply among today's 'musicians'.
Sensational, outstanding and absolutely fantastic! There are not enough adjectives to do justice to the "Count" and his aggregation! Much thanks for this service.
Count Basie represents a generation of our parents and more likely grandparents. For many of the younger generations have never experienced the musical power of the Big Bands- Jazz Swing era. Here we have Count Basie and his orchestra performing in London in 1965. He even has his sax man playing an early Quincy Jones piece. This is really worth your while to check out the Count and all of his cool cats!
Imagine how utterly in command of their instruments these men were. I genuine joy to hear them. And, if they allowed dancing in England...the joint would have been 'jumpin. Thanks so much for this! Nobody like Bill Basie!
I had the great pleasure of meeting this great man … my boyfriends father the late great Preston Love played second seat alto sax in Count Basies Band I saw him in concert In Omaha at the Orpheum in 1980 … what a show
Can you imagine if the KKK and all of those ignorant racist people in the Southern US had succeeded - we would not have these great artists and great music the paved the way for Rock, Soul, Rap all that we have today. God Bless these talented musicians that just knew they had to get their music out there.
+soapbxprod Do you remember that Basie was Allan Freed's R n R Band & Tony Bennet was The Guy Singer in the late 1950's? :-) Also Big Joe Turner sang with Basie Band in Kansas City!
I think if they could promote its type of music that it would have such an impact on our society and would really rise so high place again but the cost of hiring individuals with this Talent would be enormous therefore it's truly not likely
I'm glad that my eclectic music taste has lead me to this amazing artist. I didn't start listening to jazz until I was in college and I will never look back (except to reminisce on the good memories haha) Definitely good music to listen to while you're smoking on a cigar and sipping on some good scotch, bourbon, cognac, and rum. 😎
