Complete Live at the Crescendo 1958 [New CD] Spain - Import

DELUXE 5-CD BOX SET - LIMITED EDITIONPLUS 5 BONUS TRACKSINCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLETThis superb 5-CD collection compiles all existing live recordings made by the Atomic band at the Crescendo Club, in Hollywood, in the summer of 1958, for the first time ever on a single edition. The sound quality is excellent throughout the set.Count Basie’s career was revived in late 1957 thanks to the success of the Neal Hefti-arranged LP Atomic Basie, which became one of his biggest hits. The orchestra was filled with stars, and Joe Williams’ vocals were heard to great effect supported by Hefti’s excellent scores and the superb quality of the band.This long unavailable material includes amazing extended live versions of many of the perennial Hefti arrangements, plus a variety of songs that formed part of the orchestra’s repertoire at the time, and Sammy Davis Jr. as a guest star singing with the band on Ray Charles’ “Hallelujah, I Love Her So”.As a bonus, the soundtrack from a complete 17-minute TV show featuring the same band shortly before it started the Crescendo engagement. Our comprehensive booklet contains detailed information, as well as a rare Count Basie interview published in Down Beat during the band’s stay at the Crescendo.COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA:THAD JONES, SNOOKY YOUNG, WENDELL CULLEY, JOE NEWMAN, trumpetBENNY POWELL, HENRY COKER, AL GREY, tromboneFRANK WESS, alto & tenor sax, fluteMARSHALL ROYAL, alto sax, clarinetBILLY MITCHELL, FRANK FOSTER, tenor saxCHARLIE FOWLES, baritone saxCOUNT BASIE, pianoFREDDIE GREEN, guitarEDDIE JONES, bassSONNY PAYNE, drumsAll vocals by JOE WILLIAMS with the exception of “Hallelujah, I Love Her So”, on which SAMMY DAVIS Jr. is the guest vocalist."All tracks recorded live at the Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, June 24-July 2, 1958.BONUS TRACKS:CD5 [10-15]: Same personnel.NBC-TV Cast, “Bobby Troup’s Stars of Jazz”, Los Angeles, June 23, 1958.CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 77:19 MIN.01 MOTEN SWING #102 CUTE #103 SWEETIE CAKES04 INDIAN SUMMER05 JUMPIN’ AT THE WOODSIDE #106 PLYMOUTH ROCK #107 FLIGHT OF THE FOO BIRDS08 LI’L DARLING #109 LOW LIFE10 WHIRLY-BIRD #111 SWINGIN’ THE BLUES12 BLUE ON BLUE #113 NO MOON AT ALL14 WELL, ALL RIGHT, OKAY, YOU WINV15 FANCY MEETING YOU16 SLATS17 H.R.H. [HER ROYAL HIGHNESS] #118 DUET19 TEDDY THE TOAD #1CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 74:09 MIN.01 SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE02 PENSIVE MISS03 ONE O’CLOCK JUMP #104 COUNTING THE BLUES05 LULLABY OF BIRDLAND06 I’VE GOT A GIRL07 YOU’RE A MEMORY08 SCOOT09 WHO, ME?10 THE KID FROM RED BANK #111 LATE DATE12 STOP, PRETTY BABY13 GEE, BABY AIN’T I GOOD TO YOU14 SHINY STOCKINGS #115 APRIL IN PARIS16 BLUES IN FRANKIE’S FLAT17 IN A MELLOW TONE #118 TWO TIME LOVER19 FANTAIL20 HALLELUJAH, I LOVE HER SOCD 3: TOTAL TIME: 70:11 MIN.01 CORNER POCKET #102 MY BABY UPSETS ME03 CHERRY POINT04 EVERY DAY05 HOW HIGH THE MOON #106 FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING07 BLUE ON BLUE #208 THE COMEBACK09 WHIRLY-BIRD #210 THOU SWELL11 TEACH ME TONIGHT12 MOTEN SWING #213 PIGALLE LOVE14 ONE O’CLOCK JUMP #215 G’WAN AWAY16 YOGI [aka YOHL]17 BAG-A-BONES #118 ONE O’CLOCK JUMP #319 SPRING IS HERE #120 BABY, BABY ALL THE TIMECD 4: TOTAL TIME: 76:25 MIN.01 LITTLE PONY #102 OL’ MAN RIVER #103 THE MIDGETS04 WHIRLY-BIRD #305 BASIE-BOOGIE06 THE DEACON07 CUTE #208 OL’ MAN RIVER #209 THE KID FROM RED BANK #210 SPRING IS HERE #211 WHY NOT?12 CORNER POCKET #213 LITTLE PONY #214 BLEE BLOP BLUES15 BUBBLES16 HOW HIGH THE MOON #217 YOU’RE NOT THE KINDCD 5: TOTAL TIME: 60:03 MIN.01 TEDDY THE TOAD #202 JUMPIN’ AT THE WOODSIDE #203 BLUES BACKSTAGE04 PEACE PIPE05 PLYMOUTH ROCK #206 SHINY STOCKINGS #2V07 H.R.H. [HER ROYAL HIGHNESS] #208 BAG-A-BONES #209 IN A MELLOW TONE #210 WHIRLY-BIRD (*)11 CUTE 3:41 (*)12 THOU SWELL 1:47 (*)13 FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING 2:55 (*)14 BLEE BLOP BLUES 2:20 (*)15 ONE O’CLOCK JUMP 3:24 (*)(*) BONUS TRACKS