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The Count Basie Story | 
| Artist: Count Basie
Label: Properbox
Category: Music
List Price: £16.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 8252
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.1 x 2
UPC: 604988991925
EAN: 0604988991925
ASIN: B000059RI2
Release Date: March 5, 2001
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Shoe Shine Boy | | • | Lady Be Good | | • | Swinging At The Daisy Chain | | • | Roseland Shuffle | | • | The Glory Of Love | | • | Smarty (You Know It All) | | • | One O'Clock Jump | | • | Johns Idea | | • | Time Out | | • | Topsy | | • | Out Of The Window | | • | Blues In The Dark | | • | Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Came Today) | | • | Every Tub | | • | Swinging The Blues | | • | Blue And Sentimental | | • | Doggin' Around | | • | Texas Shuffle | | • | Jumpin' At The Wodland | | • | How Long, How Long Blues | | • | The Dirty Dozens | | • | Shorty George | | • | The Blues I Like To Hear | | • | Panassie Stomp | | • | My Heart Belongs To Daddy |
Disc 2
| • | Dupree Blues | | • | Red Wagon | | • | You Can Depend On Me | | • | Blame It On My Last Affair | | • | Jive At Five | | • | Oh, lady Be Good | | • | Oh, Lady Be Good | | • | Rock-A-Bye Basie | | • | Taxi War Dance | | • | Jump For Me | | • | Miss Thing (Pts 1 & 2) | | • | Pound Cake | | • | Clap Hands, Here Come Charlie | | • | Dickie's Dream | | • | Lester Leaps In | | • | I Left My Baby | | • | Volcano | | • | Tickle-Toe | | • | Louisiana | | • | Easy Does It | | • | Let Me See | | • | Blow Top | | • | Gone With "What" Wind | | • | Super Chief |
Disc 3
| • | Moten Swing | | • | I Want A Little Girl | | • | Broadway | | • | Rockin' The blues | | • | The Jitters | | • | Tuesday At Ten | | • | Fiesta In Blue | | • | Something New | | • | Feather Down | | • | Down For Double | | • | Harvard Blues | | • | Ain't The Truth | | • | It's Sand Man | | • | Dance The Gremlins | | • | G.I. Stomp (Red Bank Boogie) | | • | Rhythm Man | | • | Taps Miller | | • | Avenue C | | • | High Tide | | • | Tappin' On The Q.T | | • | San Jose | | • | B-Flat Blues | | • | High Tide | | • | Queer Street | | • | The Mad Boogie |
Disc 4
| • | Lazy Lady Blues | | • | Rambo | | • | Stay Cool | | • | The King | | • | Stay On It | | • | Bill's Mill | | • | Brand New Wagon | | • | One O'Clock Boogie | | • | Swingin' The Blues | | • | Basie's Basement | | • | Shine On Harvest Moon | | • | Sugar | | • | 7th Avenue Express | | • | Mr Roberts' Roost | | • | Just A Minute | | • | Hey, Pretty Baby | | • | Bye Bye Baby | | • | After You've Gone | | • | If You See My Baby | | • | Sweets | | • | Golden Bullet | | • | Song Of The Islands | | • | One O'Clock Jump | | • | Tootsie | | • | Basie Boogie |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
It's called the Count Basie Story and, like previous proper boxes, this collection tells the story in chronological order. It starts with "Shoe Shine Boy", from the 1936 session that introduced the names of both Basie himself and the great tenor saxophonist, Lester Young, to the world. Many years later veteran producer John Hammond described this as "the most perfect recording session I was ever involved with". From this auspicious beginning, the story unfolds to show how Basie's band, with its matchless rhythm section, taught the swing era how to swing. Through numbers such as "One O'Clock Jump", "Swinging the Blues" and "Jumping at the Woodside", Basie's amazing cast of soloists--Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Herschel Evans and many more--influenced the entire history of jazz. As the years passed, the band became slicker and used more elaborate arrangements, but never lost the essential simplicity of its approach nor its solid grounding in the blues. Listen to "Harvard Blues", a masterpiece from 1941, for proof of that, with Jimmy Rushing's high, intense voice, Don Byas's silky tenor saxophone and the majestic harmonies of Buster Harding's arrangement. Along the way we catch glimpses of the various small groups--the Kansas City Seven, the All-American Rhythm--which occasionally popped out of the main band. The tracks take us as far as 1950, when the end of the big-band era forced Basie to cut down to a small group for a while, and even that was a superior little outfit, composed entirely of top soloists. As both a musical anthology and a narrative, this collection is impossible to fault. A box of four CDs containing 99 tracks, many of them timeless classics, complete with a 48-page illustrated booklet, all at an eye-poppingly low price. How do they do it? It doesn't seem to matter, as long as they continue to produce stuff as good as this. --Dave Gelly
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| Customer Reviews:
Desert Island Disc May 28, 2005
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
If the house ever burned down, this would be the one thing that I would rush in to save. Although some of these recordings are nearly 70 years old, the music is timeless. Without doubt, these recordings represent not only the apogee of the Count's recordings but the whole Swing Era. Featuring such legends as Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Sweets Edison and the famous "All American " rythmn section of Basie / Page / Greene / Jones, it is safe to say that there is not a duff track on this 4 CD box set. In addition, there are plenty of recordings by the great Jimmy Rushing - check out "Harvard Blue." What can surely be better than this track ?
Although superior transfers may be available and there are some notable omissions (the wonderful version of "Honeysuckle Rose" from the late 30's group that emerged from Kansas City is not included), this is as essential as any record in jazz can be. At the budget price, this is a collection that should be snapped up by those who are not familiar with this material. The music remains as vital as ever and merits more than the five stars available. With five hours of the greatest jazz ever recorded, this has got to be one of the best bargains available on Proper. More than essential.
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