Prime Time [Limited Edition, Original recording remastered, Import]

Count Basie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Japanese Import
• ASIN: B00005R12H
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,813,437 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prime Time

2. Bundle O'Funk

3. Sweet Georgia Brown

4. Featherweight

5. Reacin' Out

6. Ja-Da

7. The Great Debate

8. Ya Gotta Try

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nestico does it again, June 1, 2001

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Fresh Scent (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prime Time (Audio CD)

Sammy Nestico's incredible arrangement of "Sweet Georgia Brown" is reason enough to purchase this CD. Actually, the entire CD (all Nestico arrangements) is full of great Basie-style tunes. There's even a funk number (that Basie reportedly didn't like playing) thrown in for good measure; it was 1977, so I suppose you had to. Great performances by Jimmy Forrest, Al Grey, lead trumpeter Lin Biviano, and drumer Butch Miles round out this underrated set. I knocked off a star due to the shifting quality of the sound. Otherwise, one of my Basie favorites.