[Leica] IMG: The Count Basie Orchestra

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Wonderful shot..

The Basie Big Band must just be a marketing shell under that name today

I cannot imagine the Basie Big Band without Count Basie, Freddie Green,
Walter Page and Jo Jones, the greatest Big Band rhythm section in the
history of jazz, with Lester "The Pres" Young/Herschel Evans/Illinois
Jacquet/"Little Jazz" Roy Eldridge/Buck Clayton on the horns, and Lady Day
or Jimmy Rushing or Joe Williams on vocals, the gang that came roaring out
of Kansas City.

Even the 1950s band, no slouch, pales in comparison.

Here is a great reunion jam from Newport 1957, with both the greatest
soloists that Basie ever had, Lester Young and Roy Eldridge, on Basie's
signature tune, One O'Clock Jump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrsR2pMKoa8

The cover photo is Lester Young on Tenor, and Count Basie on Piano.

Cheers
Jayanand



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