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Sleepers Swing 101 Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo June 23, 2023 2 COMMENTS

The “King of Swing” meets the Kings of Swing (1940) Benny Goodman with Count Basie, Lester Young and Charlie Christian – “Lester’s Dream” and “I Never Knew.”

“Lester’s Dream” Composed by Count Basie and Lester Young; informal head arrangement by Benny Goodman and Count Basie. Recorded by Benny Goodman for Columbia on October 28, 1940 in New York.(*) Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: [..]

Sleepers Spotlight on Sidemen Swingscapes Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo September 25, 2022 6 COMMENTS

“Countless Blues” and “I Want a Little Girl” (1938) Lester Young with Eddie Durham and Buck Clayton

“Countless Blues” Composed by Milt Gabler; arranged by Eddie Durham. Recorded by The Kansas City Six for Commodore Records on September 8,(*) 1938 in New York. Eddie Durham, electric guitar, directing: Lester Young, clarinet; Wilbur [..]

Spotlight on Sidemen Swing 101 Swingscapes Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo November 15, 2021 2 COMMENTS

“Taxi War Dance”(1939) Count Basie with Lester Young, Dicky Wells and Buddy Tate

“Taxi War Dance” Composed by Count Basie and Lester Young; head arrangement organized by Count Basie. Recorded by Count Basie and His Orchestra for Columbia-Vocalion on March 19, 1939 in New York. William J. “Count” [..]

Spotlight on Sidemen Swing 101 Swingscapes
Mike Zirpolo October 3, 2020 1 COMMENTS

“Every Tub” (1938) Count Basie with Lester Young and Sweets Edison

  “Every Tub” Composed by Count Basie and Eddie Durham; “Head” arrangement worked out by Count Basie, Eddie Durham and the members of the Basie band. Recorded by Count Basie and His Orchestra for Decca [..]

Sleepers Spotlight on Sidemen Swing and Swing Redux Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo January 4, 2020 1 COMMENTS

“Blue and Sentimental” (1938) Count Basie with Herschel Evans and Lester Young; and (1969)

  “Blue and Sentimental” Composed by Count Basie; arranged by Eddie Durham. Recorded by Count Basie and His Orchestra for Decca on June 6, 1938 in New York. William J. “Count” Basie, directing: Ed Lewis [..]

Sleepers Swingscapes Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo February 1, 2019 3 COMMENTS

“Easy Does It” (1940) Count Basie with Lester Young, Buck Clayton and Sweets Edison

“Easy Does It” Composed by Sy Oliver and James “Trummy” Young; arranged by Jimmy Mundy. Recorded by Count Basie and His Orchestra for Columbia on March 20, 1940 in New York. William J. “Count” Basie, [..]

Too Good Not to Share
Mike Zirpolo September 23, 2017 0 COMMENTS

The Smell of Money: George Shearing and Nat “King” Cole

“It Never Entered My Mind” Composed by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Recorded by George Shearing for Concord Jazz in San Francisco, California in May of 1985. George Shearing, solo piano. The story: Two of [..]

Masterpieces
Mike Zirpolo February 17, 2017 0 COMMENTS

“Lady, Be Good” (1936) Lester Young and Count Basie

The Story: Lester Willis Young, one of the most influential musicians in the history of jazz, was born on August 27, 1909, in Woodville, Mississippi. After a lengthy apprenticeship spent in numerous black territory bands [..]

Swingscapes
Mike Zirpolo August 16, 2016 0 COMMENTS

Mosaic Classic 1936-1947 Count Basie and Lester Young Studio Sessions

Mosaic Classic 1936-1947 Count Basie and Lester Young Studio Sessions First Impressions: Yesterday I received the new Mosaic set of recordings featuring Count Basie and Lester Young. Whenever I receive any set of Mosaic recordings, [..]

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Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet (1975) Roland Shaw

"Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet" Composed by Don Ray and Gene De Paul; probably arranged by Roland Shaw. Recorded by Roland Shaw ...

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Leap Frog Louis Armstrong and Joe Garland (1941)/Les Brown with Ted Nash (1945)

"Leap Frog" Composed and arranged by Joe Garland. Recorded by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra for Decca in Chicago on November 16, ...

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Misty (1959) Henry Mancini with Dick Nash, Bob Bain and John Williams.

"Misty" Composed by Erroll Garner; arranged by Henry Mancini. Recorded by Henry Mancini and His Orchestra for RCA Victor on February 22, ...

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Sorghum Switch (1942) Jimmy Dorsey with Allan Reuss, Babe Russin and Nate Kazebier.

"Sorghum Switch" (*) (Later known as "Cole Slaw") Composed by Jesse Stone; probably arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Jimmy Dorsey and His ...

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I've Got the World on a String (1957) Ted Heath

"I've Got the World on a String" Composed by Harold Arlen; arranged by Johnny Keating. Recorded by Ted Heath and His Music ...

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