Jazzfest Masters

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  1. Whirly-Birdcomp/arr : Neal Hefti
    solo : Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (ts)
  2. April In Pariscomp : Vernon Duke, Edgar 'Yip' Harburg
    arr : Wild Bill Davis
    solo : Bill Hughes (btb), Sonny Cohn (tp)
  3. Li'l Darlin'comp/arr : Neal Hefti
    solo : Sonny Cohn (tp)
  4. Corner Pocketcomp : Freddie Green
    arr : Ernie Wilkins
    solo : Oscar Brashear (tp), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (ts)
  5. All Of Mecomp : Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks
    arr : Billy Byers
    solo : Count Basie (p)
  6. Cherokeecomp : Ray Noble
    arr : unknown
    solo : Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (ts)
  7. Cutecomp/arr : Neal Hefti, -
    solo : Eric Dixon (fl), Harold Jones (dr)
  8. Lonely Streetcomp/arr : Sammy Nestico
    solo : Marshal Royal (as)
  9. Good Time Bluescomp/arr : Ernie Wilkins
    solo : Count Basie (p)
  10. Basiecomp/arr : Ernie Wilkins, -
    solo : Oscar Brashear (tp), Eric Dixon (ts)
  11. One O'clock Jumpcomp : William 'Count' Basie
    arr : Ernie Wilkins
    solo : Buddy Tate (ts), Clark Terry (tp)

Count Basie And His Orchestra

Personnel : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Norman Keenan (b), Harold Jones (dr), Gene Coe, Oscar Brashear, Sonny Cohn, Al Aarons (tp), Frank Hooks, Grover Mitchell (tb), Richard Boone (tb,vo), Bill Hughes (btb), Marshal Royal, Bobby Plater (as), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (ts), Eric Dixon (ts,fl), Charlie Fowlkes (bs), Clark Terry (tp on 11), Buddy Tate (ts on 11)

Location & Date : Pier V Productions "Sounds Of Summer" TV Recording, Jazzfest '69, Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Jun 6, 1969

'51年のベイシー楽団再結成時から20年近くに渡ってバンドの音楽監督を務めたマーシャル・ロイヤル (as) が退団する直前のライブ。曲目はもうお馴染みのものばかり。いつもと同じ、寛いだ演奏を楽しめます。それでもCherokee や Whirly-Bird、Basie のようなパンチの聴いたナンバーには心躍らされるし、Cute の Harold Jones の気の効いたドラミングも聴き逃せません。One O'clock Jump にはベイシー楽団ＯＢの Clark Terry と Buddy Tate がゲスト参加しています。