Count Basie & his Orchestra : Wendell Culley (or Sonny Cohn?), Eugene “Snookie” Young, Joe Newman, Thad Jones (tp), Al Grey, Benny Powell, Henry Coker (tb), Marshall Royal (as, cl) (& C-Melody sax?), Billy Mitchell (ts, cl), Frank Foster (ts), Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Charlie Fowlkes (bar, b-cl, fl), Count Basie (p, leader), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d), Joe Williams (voc) * * * "Cute" * * * Music by Neal Hefti * * * Recorded in Milano, Teatro Lirico, April 6, 1960 (Count Basie's first Italian tour) * * * * *
There's never a bad time to listen to Basie with Sonny Payne.
SP was the real deal. The definition of a big band drummer...tasty one minute and roar the next. Great post..thank you!!
I was a drummer in a jazz combo at age 17 with my father(he played keyboards)(early 70's) and this was one of my favorite tunes to play.
Never heard Frank Wess before. Just perfect.
Thank you ~
I have always loved this song. Great video of the master drummer Sonny Payne!
The incredible Frank Wess on flute solo & that relentless driving guitar was the incomparable Freddie Green
Super Sonny and Fantastic Frank.
I enjoyed that thoroughly. Thanks guys
One more once..... Mr Sonny Payne!!! My idol!!
That wonderful, muscular, powerful Basie sound, even in the delicate, quiet parts. No one even came close to matching it in my opinion.
😊 Payne a giant. top tier in big band drummers. looks like Thad Jones next to Sonny.
That´s Thad!
Drummer plays and the show the brass, Flute player plays and they show the flute player!!! Love Sonny Payne
Yeah, the camerawork was awful.
LOVE IT
Yeah! Just lovely…😎
That flute!!!!!!!!!!
A great band 😢😢😮
Count Basie & his Orchestra :
Wendell Culley (or Sonny Cohn?), Eugene “Snookie” Young, Joe Newman, Thad Jones (tp), Al Grey, Benny Powell, Henry Coker (tb), Marshall Royal (as, cl) (& C-Melody sax?), Billy Mitchell (ts, cl), Frank Foster (ts), Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Charlie Fowlkes (bar, b-cl, fl), Count Basie (p, leader), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d), Joe Williams (voc)
* * *
"Cute"
* * *
Music by Neal Hefti
* * *
Recorded in Milano, Teatro Lirico, April 6, 1960
(Count Basie's first Italian tour)
* * * * *
Real tight!!!
The engine that drove the Basie band.
MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wish the cameraman knew what he was doing - should have focused on Payne more.