Basie Is Back: Recorded Live in Japan

Count Basie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 27, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B000NJL06G
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,077 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Performances, July 4, 2009

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Robert Defelice "Designer" (BOSTON, MA) - See all my reviews
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This recent CD by the Basie Band is very good. It has very good audio and was recorded live in Japan. The instrumentalists are excellent, the band sounds like the typical Basie "machine," smooth, driving, and tight. Butch Miles (drummer) is the featured performer and clearly is one of the best big band drummers. There are two vocals by a female whose style is not to my taste. However, I think a better Basie CD is "Swingshift" which is excellent and includes a very good drum piece featuring (again) Butch Miles.

5.0 out of 5 stars OSCILLATING, January 22, 2012

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This CD will blow your mind, and it is recorded LIVE! The musicians have got it down. My favorite track is titled "Corner Pocket." In other words, this CD just swings.

2 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Basie is back///Ray Sings, Basie Swing s, May 16, 2007

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J. Gibson "X-DJ" (Lubbock, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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These two are some of the best I've heard from both Basie and Ray. They should be required listening for any jazz devotee, especially big band officiandos. Excellent work.