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The Complete Decca Recordings 1937-1939

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Count Basie Format: Audio CD
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  • Candace Scott
    5.0 out of 5 stars Man, this is happy music!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2003
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    These three CD's comprise the absolute best of Basie's Old Testament Band and I can't imagine a single soul in the universe not loving this sound and this swing. Some of my other Basie albums on vinyl and CD suffer from inferior sound quality. Not here, this is the crispest and cleanest I have ever heard on the old recordings from the 30's. Every note is clear, sweet and true. Usually Basie sounds better live, but these studio versions are a close second-best and some of them are probably definitive. One O'Clock Jump is awesome and Boo Hoo blows away the white-bread, tepid Dorsey version. Jumpin' at the Woodside has a ragged, jagged edge to it. Listen to how Basie thumps out the opening bars with one finger and he gets more "oomph" out of those few notes than most musicians can produce in a lifetime of trying.
    Basie's minimalist piano style has never been better showcased than on this set. I've listened to each disc many times and it just doesn't get any better than this. The quality of Basie's sidemen is the standard by which other bands should be judged. If you think Harry James and Krupa lifted up the Goodman band, then sink your teeth into some raw, powerful musicians in the Basie line up. It doesn't get any better than this, guaranteed!
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  • Lloyd G. Daub
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent sound on these recordings
    Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2017
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    Excellent sound on these recordings. These are older versions of this band's music that I am only just catching up with, since I came to the Basie sound via the Sinatra collaborations that came much later than these. The container arrived with cuts or fractures right through the center, which did not damage the disks. And the labels were inserted incorrectly so I had to unsnap the container and re-seat them. Nothing to do with the sound of the disks, of course [smile].
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  • alain robert
    5.0 out of 5 stars THE COUNT
    Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2018
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    Some may object the inclusion of JIMMY RUSHING;but he was also part of the BASIE story:All the early classics are there and that famous rythm section still shines after all these years:Of all the big bands of their era the COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA perhaps was the most loved and lasted longer with many changes over the years:This is music that makes you feel good:
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  • Swingking
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest bands of its time
    Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2014
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    What else is there to say? Count Basie band of the late 30's? One of the greatest bands of its time; and the ensemble sax sections of this band were rivaled by very few, if any( Benny Goodman????). The Count had a terrific swing band, and had a truly great rhythm section, one of the best, rivaled by, yes, Benny Goodman!
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  • Roger D.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent recordings
    Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2023
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    Unfortunately the recording had the incorrect booklet inside. A booklet detailing a recording by Milos Karadaglic's album Mediterraneo was inserted instead.
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  • farington
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good Collection
    Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2017
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    Hard-swinging stuff here, with Basie's trademark "jump" feel, more riff-oriented than his later formally-arranged work but infectiously energetic. Featuring an all-star cast including Lester Young, Papa Jo Jones, and Jimmy Rushing. Good sound quality.
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  • Marshall J Bowen
    5.0 out of 5 stars so you are getting a lot of good 1930's and 1940's music
    Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2016
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    This is the Count's ten years with Decca before moving on to another recording company, so you are getting a lot of good 1930's and 1940's music. Great album. Heralds back to a wonderful era of music.
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  • gixe smith
    1.0 out of 5 stars Someones smokin on the job pal
    Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2024
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    The CD is immaculate all good BUT i got a Duetsche Gramaphone insert not Count Basie
    no they must send me new CD
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  • Farmer-at-Heart
    5.0 out of 5 stars 'Swing' Personified
    Reviewed in Canada on December 13, 2012
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    A good cross section of the Basie band's early years in New York after arriving from Kansas City. There are several good Basie discs available, but if you were to buy only one set, this arguably should be it.
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  • 郡山のジャズ親父
    5.0 out of 5 stars ＤＥＣＣＡ時代のコンプリートはありがたい。
    Reviewed in Japan on May 9, 2014
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    ようやくＬＰから卒業できました。ジャケットは物足りないが、内容はりっぱです。
    なんといっても、レスターヤングがすごいですね。これは買いです。
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  • Joost Kiefte
    5.0 out of 5 stars The essence of swing
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2009
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    This set includes all recordings Basie and his Orchestra waxed between 1937 and 1939 for Decca (including some alternate takes and and the titles with the rhythm section only). During these years the band evolved from a slightly ragged and sometimes out of tune, but always intensely swinging, amalgam of individuals to a cohesive, streamlined swing machine.
    One of the great thrills is the incredible and incomparable rhythm section, so completely different in style and character from that of the 'King' of Swing Benny Goodman or most other swing bands, black or white, and it would be quite a while before others had mastered Jo Jones' extraordinary use of the hi-hat and Freddy Greene's subtle but strong beat on the guitar. Another novel voice was that of tenorist Lester Young, whose 'hollow' tone, minimal use of vibrato and unusual choice of notes was also radically different from what was the norm (as exempified by Hawkins, Webster and Berry). Herschel Evans of course was the tenorist who was more in line with that norm and both saxists were often pitted against each other (Evans' tragically early death in early 1939 all but devastated Lester Young). The other soloists such as Harry Edison and Buck Clayton on trumpet, Benny Morton and Dickie Wells on trombone and vocalists Jimmy Rushing and Helen Humes (who replaced Billy Holiday, who due to contractual reasons, was prevented from recording commercially with Basie) are given ample opportunity to put their talents across as well. Basie's delicious piano playing should need no further intorduction.
    Although the band did and its arrangers did not explore the harmonic possibilities of a big band in a way that an Ellington or a Lunceford did, the set abounds with delightful, infectious music (despite the sometimes trite material), which sounds as fresh as it did seventy years ago. (The freshness would gradually wear off as the band failed to progress musically, churning out the same kind of music in the same kind of way for some 50 odd years, but that is another story).
    This particular set is to be preferred over the Definitive set in that it comes complete with extensive and very informative liner notes about the band's history and development. Arranger and solo credits (to my surprise I discovered that Fletcher Henderson and Don Redman contributed quite a few scores) and of course complete personel listings (which the Definitve issues also give) are included as a matter of course. Also the sound quality is very good, digital restoration, with John RT Davies' name involved, being done with the utmost care (but all Decca "Legendary Masters of Jazz" issues (Herman, Barnet, J Dorsey, Eldridge Bob & Bing Crosby etc are very good). I cannot say the same of the Definitive sets (not just the Basie issues), which sound flat and shallow and presumably are not always drawn from the best sources (like the Classics issues), giving evidence at times of added reverb and pseudo stereo.
    So I can safely say that this set is an essential item for anyone interested in the big bands, classic jazz and swing and good music in general. Highly recommended.
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  • Novo Sibirsk
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on October 23, 2015
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    The very finest collection. Very happy.
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  • trottman
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great addition to a jazz collection
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2013
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    For either the committed Basie aficionado or for those blessed with only a passing interest this box-set containing Basie's complete Decca recordings (1937/1939) is a great addition to a jazz collection. Special attention has been paid to obtain the very best possible sound, which has included the participation of the late John R T Davies both an eminent collector and sound-restoration expert. During the final years of his career Basie expanded his 16 piece outfit to 18 by the addition of both an extra trumpet and trombone and since the 1950s had also employed the often excellent services of staff arrangers including Quincy Jones and Neal Hefti. At the time of the Decca recordings the Basie band had developed to a 13 piece orchestra that included three trumpets, two trombones and four reeds (the second alto doubling on baritone sax) as well as the famous All American Rhythm Section. A heavier reliance was then placed on the soloists who were allotted considerable freedom. Here there is fine work by the two sadly short lived tenor players Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the trumpet stars Buck Clayton and Harry Edison and Dickie Wells and Benny Morton on trombone.

    The box-set is also a homage to the Count himself, whose famous laconic piano style is evident throughout and also to the unrivalled rhythm guitarist Freddie Green, who gave the rhythm section a priceless lift. The box-set does obviously contain several well known tunes but there are also rarities that are not easy to find elsewhere. Among these are some vocal contributions by Jimmy Rushing including Georgianna, Stop beatin' around the mulberry bush and London bridge is falling down.

    There is also an informative booklet containing a number of photographs but here I would question some of the actual identifications

    Trottman
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