+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.
Internet and TH-cam 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.
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!
I have had many fine band experiences since TH-cam 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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
+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!!
+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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!
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
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
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....
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
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 !!
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!.....
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.
+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
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.
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'.
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. 😎
Here I am again listening to this beautiful music. I really like the gentleman who played his trombone with the "hat". Can't you hear that horn "talking"? How does he do that? And, again I am standing up for "Speedy". After I watched this I looked up "Speedy" and he died young. He had 22 years lost with his son who had been in jail on a "trumped up" charge of murder. Lord have mercy. SYLVIA - FL - 10-04-2018
Sensational, outstanding and absolutely fantastic! There are not enough adjectives to do justice to the "Count" and his aggregation! Much thanks for this service.
Basie Mr Cool. His Orchestra all graduates from the Greatest Generation. The era when professionalism and study produced the best of music. My God these guys were unbelievable. So fortunate this performance was recorded for us.
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!
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.
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
Sat ten feet from count at bogarts in Cincinnati. A drummer myself who had worked with local big bands I felt like giving up drums and taking up the tuba after hearing the late great butch miles kick that band. Like no one before or since . Butch and count allowed my to take pictures of the 3 or us and they both autographed my album. They were God given sweethearts R I P FELLAS ILL MISS YOU TILL THE DAY I DIE.
Great post thanks, I was looking for Q... Quincy Jones who was collaborating with the Count around this time. His arrangement of Fly Me To The Moon (for Count Basie and Frank Sinatra) took them all three to new heights. My dad played me this music in the house (in England) as a young boy and I was blessed. His favourites included Sarah Vaughn, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson and he moved heaven and earth to see them when they came to Europe. Still fills me with joy to listen to them now in my 60's
i am still here........3 years later...lol just turned 79 ......
Those cats sure could swing!
Hello Randall, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
...the level of musicianship is astounding compared to music today...
You haven't lived until you've felt the full acoustic blast of a big band...
No sound or experience like it!
+poppachubby chubby When that brass lets go... it's a Cyclone! Happy New Year!
I couldn't agree more sir
+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.
the only band that I've heard that's close to Big Band is Wynton Marsalis group when they came to my home town.
Shout out to the audio engineers of the era. This mix is crazy good.
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This is the 60s after all.
the players and arrangement are making the mixers job so easy. Betcha there's only a single mic... Imagine being in the room!
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Yeah big band has had a few decades to perfect it self.
BBC tech people were the best.
Arguably the best swingin' big band that ever existed . And most definitely the MOST relaxed !
I agree with you, with apologies to Benny Goodman.
Yeah, nobody swings more mercilessly than
In hundert Jahren wird man diese Band noch hören...einfach Super. Das ist "Jazz " pur.
Internet and TH-cam 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.
It's more than Jazz and even more than music ! AWESOME EXPERIENCE
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.
Agreed, "talent" is more than knowledge
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!
Why Da Vinci? He wasn't a musician.
A better analysis would perhaps be "modern day Beethoven, Bach, or Mozart".
I agree with "Remember..." what the hell does Da Vinci have to do with music? He was a great genius, but bad analogy you idiot.
The most powerful band in the history of Jazz!
It is worth the price of a computer just to see this amazing concert.Many thanks for posting it.
Very well-put and agreed!
haha yeah it's great isn't it
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The Count is gone, Duke is gone, Cab is gone, Ella is gone, Benny is gone, Glenn is gone. I doubt we will see music like this again.
We won’t, but we can just be glad it happened in the first place, and that this music lives on through recordings like these
I have had many fine band experiences since TH-cam 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.
All is not lost. The great jazz today is coming from London, a completely new style. Try Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia, Theon Cross.
*Solos:*
*All of Me (**0:00**)*
Piano: Count Basie (0:00, 1:35, 1:59)
*Flight of the Foo Birds (**3:00**)*
Piano: Count Basie (3:07)
Alto Sax: Bobby Plater (4:04)
Trumpet: Al Aarons (4:20)
Tenor Sax: Eric Dixon (4:39, 4:55)
*The Midnight Sun Never Sets (**6:05**)*
Alto Sax: Marshall Royal (6:20)
*Blues for Eileen (**9:28**)*
Piano: Count Basie (9:38, 13:11, 14:28)
Trumpet: Al Aarons (10:46)
Flute: Eric Dixon (12:09)
*Jumpin' at the Woodside (**14:58**)*
Trumpet: Thad Jones (15:17)
Tenor Sax: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (15:28)
*I Needs to be Beed With (**18:44**)*
Piano: Count Basie (18:52, 21:51)
Trombone: Al Grey (22:19)
*April in Paris (**24:34**, **27:05**)*
Bass Trombone: Bill Hughes (25:16)
Trumpet: Thad Jones (25:46)
*Little Darlin' (**27:59**)*
Piano: Count Basie (27:59)
Guitar: Freddie Green (28:12)
Trumpet: Sonny Cohn (29:40)
*Whirly Bird (**32:00**)*
Piano: Count Basie (32:22)
Tenor Sax: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (33:11)
Drums: Rufus "Speedy" Jones (35:16, 35:41, 38:25, 39:20)
*One O'Clock Jump (**40:15**)*
Piano: Count Basie (40:15)
Bari Sax: Charlie Fowlkes (43:07)
*Members that Didn't Solo:*
Wallace Davenport (Lead Trumpet)
Grover Mitchell (Trombone)
Henderson Chambers (Trombone)
Norman Keenan (Bass)
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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.
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.
Eddie Lockjaw Davis blows ! One of best One O'clock Jump I ever herd.
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.
My grandpa introduced me to this stuff when I was twelve years old back in 1980 and I’ve been in love every since.
Great stuff Tom.
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…
And it was my dad who introduced me to jazz and the Count! Thanks Pop!
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.
I totally agree with you Stuart !! The Count, Duke, Oscar were musical geniuses !!
the dynamics alone....classy classy classy
The Count is the Zen Master of piano playing...less is more.
+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!!
I forgot to mention the perfect camera work and the best group of soloists and ensemble players ever assembled.
I grew up when Count Basie was still a fixture in Kansas City. I loved his music then and now.
+Robert Dicks The Pendergast Machine! LOL
+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.
Tenor next to baritone -- THAT's EDDIE LOCKJAW!
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
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Jens Hultgren - thank you. This was as important as the OP for me. Thanks again.
Thank you!!!
Lil Darlin' is before Whirly Bird
These people just talk with their instruments. Brings you to tears
Agreed! If this doesn't move you, you better check your pulse!
Isn't it wonderful that TH-cam can give us this ............. incredible.
Thanks to the BBC for recording this incredible concert. Count, you are still with us and will be forever.
You have got to love this Band
Wow!
Marshal Royal and "Lockjaw" Davis.....fantastic!
My God! What "Earthy Driving Creativity by Eddie "Lockjaw Davis" Unsurpassed!
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.
300 dates a year...that's a lot of time on the road!
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.
+Joe Perkins So for SURE! Rock 'n Roll owes everything to the Count Basie Orchestra- and Louis Prima and Keely Smith, IMHO...
You can hear how Monk was so influenced by this musical giant!
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.
Excelent information, thank you :)
Thank you! I was trying to find out who was on bass. Norman Keenan was solid, speedy, and had a nice full sound.
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Much appreciated
Thanks !!!
Count is just such a badass name.
Exiting listening to this now 50 years later! And sustainable!
Man, can Basie swing or what?! This is fine jazz.
not the fine,the best...
IT IS THE BEST I HEARD..
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.
Check out Basie and Sinatra live at the Sands.
you were probably too young...I used to see him in the 50s and 60s on the Ed Sullivan Show...;-)
haha yeah from 80's rock to this. Sounds great
Count Basie. Indeed. Such a pleasure...
You had to be there! Poor youngsters will never know such powerful music!
l agree but there is equipement that can bring you back in the days..........
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.
Eddie Lockjaw Davies OMG !! something else
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.
What a Classy Guy.
My God its so clean... I have never and certainly will never hear a band quite like this.
distinghished of all..
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.
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!
I see many old friends on the band! Jaws, AA, so many. This is great!
@ 18:30 Eddie "LockJaw" Davis just knew he killed it.
+rk702 He did---but I have to say, as awesome as Lockjaw played it Sal Nistico's solo on this tune is even better!!
Mr. royal my neighbor growing up!!! I remember always knocking balls into his yard!!! alto sax makin it smooth!
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
+Isaiah Trent Thank you so much for your playlist... This is IT. Basie's band at it's ZENITH!
lol
+Isaiah Trent Thank you so much. I'm doing a report for my band class and it requires each song's name.
Thank you, Sir.
Hey soap, what's up?
"April in Paris" Basie Orchestra scene in "Blazing Saddles" was the best scene in that brilliant Mel Brooks Movie
The Basie Band has been my favorite music since I first heard them in 1984.
Rufus "Speedy" Jones is one hell of a drummer. The thunderous applause he received at the end of his drum solo was well deserved!
a very underrated drummer, was able to drive Basie and Ellington. simply great!
ok That's who that is on drums!
thanks much
John Mercer and Maynard Sad ending to his life
Andrew Chaplowitz how is that? Feel me in please
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
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis 15' 28" Just Amazing!!!
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....
What a PHENOMENAL performance conjured out of the universe!... Wowzie! The Count and orchestra have good reason to forever smile.
Doesn't get much better than this. Thanks.
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
Just amazing music. I think Count Basie was the greatest of them all!!!
What an amazing drummer, I wish I was that good at drums, but I'm still young (10) years old
if you're 10 you are at the right age to realize that, best of luck to you mate, go watch some ginger baker now
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 !!
Been 5 years. You badass yet?
Look up some Elvin Jones or Max Roach, more superlative drumming.
The greatest band of all time. Always laid back with power.
January 24, 2023, Canberra . Superlative; brought tears to my eyes. So glad I caught the band in Singapore in the mid-Seventies.
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!.....
they are awesomes!!! i'ts a beautiful jazz!
Who could possibly give this a thumbs down????? Basie's Orchestra was one of the best if not the best. AWESOME
Hello Lorraine, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
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.
Thanks for posting this great recording of this phenomenal band,
Elegance, sophistication, beauty. Perfection.
You wish some people could live forever, The Count is one of them, so lucky to have so much still available of this lovely man. TH-cam at it's best.
fantastic. the definition of jazz
Caught the Basie Orchestra in San Fran years ago. They opened with All Of Me. When the horns struck that first note the entire building lifted off.
I'll never tire of them, no Sir !!!!
Me and you both !!!
You and me... much better ! ;-)
Rock 'n Roll owes everything to the Count Basie Orchestra- and Louis Prima and Keely Smith, IMHO... OK, Louis Jordan too? :)
+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
soapbxprod you are dead right.
Magnificent performance -Incredible tight band . Eddie "Lock-Jaw" Davis is super !
Al Grey was fantastic !
playing together and each a class of his own _ great artistry shown Here!
Great and great Orchestra!
The applause and his soft, peaceful voice are just as good as the music!
What a band. And Basie is the master of getting the most swing out of as few notes as possible on the piano. He owns this sound.
One more once for Basie!!
Ah! Basie! Jaws! Marshal Royal, Al Grey, Rufus Jones and the rest... up till now this day wasn't so great.
Tear to the eye!
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.
I found a Ted Heath lp in my husbands collection. I was not that familiar to Heath. But when I played it Ted heath became my Jazz man! LOL
@@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.
Insanely good. What a privilege it would have been to have witnessed this live.
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'.
These beautiful virtuosi make it look easy. Incredible!
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. 😎
Love Rufus' style on drums...very swingin'
Here I am again listening to this beautiful music. I really like the gentleman who played his trombone with the "hat". Can't you hear that horn "talking"? How does he do that? And, again I am standing up for "Speedy". After I watched this I looked up "Speedy" and he died young. He had 22 years lost with his son who had been in jail on a "trumped up" charge of murder. Lord have mercy. SYLVIA - FL - 10-04-2018
The best groove you can get! Thanks!
Count is phenomenal beast! 🤘Yeah!
Incredible.....Basie was the master.....I was 7 when this was recorded! Fantastic big band......I'm also a big Rob McConnell fan too......
Sensational, outstanding and absolutely fantastic! There are not enough adjectives to do justice to the "Count" and his aggregation! Much thanks for this service.
I live on the memories and friendships and great music of Basie and his band. Every time I hear the band with Basie!
Hello 👋🏻
I asked a friend if he knows some jazz. He gave me this and i love it.
Basie Mr Cool. His Orchestra all graduates from the Greatest Generation. The era when professionalism and study produced the best of music. My God these guys were unbelievable.
So fortunate this performance was recorded for us.
What a treat to hear this great music.
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.
thanks for sharing this precious
memory, much appreciated:-)@@frankmacintosh767
You speak the truth, my friend.
@@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!
wish today music had this talent and they way it makes you feel
Merci Mr Basie
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!
Jim Brown
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.
Jim Brown I appreciate your comment
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.
Woooow!!!!!!!;!!!!!!
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
Sat ten feet from count at bogarts in Cincinnati. A drummer myself who had worked with local big bands I felt like giving up drums and taking up the tuba after hearing the late great butch miles kick that band. Like no one before or since . Butch and count allowed my to take pictures of the 3 or us and they both autographed my album. They were God given sweethearts R I P FELLAS ILL MISS YOU TILL THE DAY I DIE.
Great post thanks, I was looking for Q... Quincy Jones who was collaborating with the Count around this time. His arrangement of Fly Me To The Moon (for Count Basie and Frank Sinatra) took them all three to new heights.
My dad played me this music in the house (in England) as a young boy and I was blessed. His favourites included Sarah Vaughn, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson and he moved heaven and earth to see them when they came to Europe. Still fills me with joy to listen to them now in my 60's