Record

Performance TitleCount Basie and His Internationally Famous Orchestra Featuring Joe Williams
Performance Date17 April 1957
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:50
Main PerformersCount Basie - piano
Secondary PerformersJoe Williams - vocal,
Joe Newman - trumpet,
Marshall Royal,
Bill Graham - saxophones,
Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone,
Frank Wess - flute, tenor saxophone,
Eddie Jones - bass,
Frank Foster - tenor saxophone,
Henry Coker - trombone,
Sonny Payne - drums,
Thad Jones - trumpet
Set List'Blues-O-Rama', arr. A K Salim (Joe Newman, Count Basie and his Orchestra),
'The Moon', arr. Ernie Wilkins (Marshall Royal, Bill Graham, Joe Newman, Count Basie and his Orchestra),
'Even-Tide', Bill Doggett (Charlie Fowlkes, Count Basie and his Orchestra),
'The Midgets' (Frank Wess, Joe Newman, Count Basie and his Orchestra),
'In a Mellow Tone', arr. Frank Foster (Count Basie and his Orchestra),
'Blee Blop Blues', arr. A K Salim (Frank Wess, Joe Newman, Count Basie and his Orchestra),
'Rails', Buster Harding (Eddie Jones, Count Basie and his Orchestra),
'Two Franks', arr. Neil Hefti (Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Count Basie and his Orchestra),
'Yesterdays', arr. Frank Wess (Henry Coker, Count Basie and his Orchestra),
Drum Solo (Sonny Payne)
INTERVAL
'April in Paris', Hamburg and Duke (Thad Jones, Count Basie and his Orchestra),
'Sixteen Men Winging', Ernie Wilkins (Frank Foster, Henry Coker, Joe Newman, Count Basie and his Orchestra),
'Shiny Stockings', arr. Frank Foster (Thad Jones, Count Basie and his Orchestra),
'Low Life', arr. Johnny Mandell (Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Joe Newman, Count Basie and his Orchestra),
Introducing: Joe Williams
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1957/40)
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Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Owsatowpoon_S_LCount Basie and His Internationally Famous Orchestra Featuring Joe Williams4
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9851Williams; Joe (1918-1999); American jazz vocalist
DS/UK/9855Basie; Count (21 August 1904-26 April 1984); American jazz pianist, organist and bandleader
DS/UK/9857Newman; Joseph Dwight "Joe" (1922-1992); American jazz trumpeter
DS/UK/9859Royal; Marshall (1912-1995); American clarinetist, alto saxophonist
DS/UK/9865Fowlkes; Charlie (1916-1980); American baritone saxophonist
DS/UK/9867Wess; Frank Wellington (1922-2013); American jazz saxophonist, flautist
DS/UK/9868Jones; Eddie (1929-1997); American jazz double bassist
DS/UK/9869Foster; Frank Benjamin (1928-2011); American saxophonist, flautist, arranger, composer
DS/UK/9870Coker; Henry (1919-1979); American jazz trombonist
DS/UK/9871Payne; Sonny (1926-1979); American jazz drummer
DS/UK/9873Jones; Thaddeus Joseph "Thad" (1923-1986); American jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader
DS/UK/9864Graham; William Henry "Bill" (1918-); American jazz saxophonist
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