Volume 2

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:43:00
/Count Basie & The Big Band. Personnel: Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Count Basie (piano); Waymon Reed, Lyn Biviano, Sonny Cohn, Pete Minger (trumpet); Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, Fred Wesley, Dennis Wilson (trombone); Danny Turner, Bobby Plater, Eric Dixon, Charlie Fowlkes, Kenny Hing (saxophone); Freddie Green (guitar); John Clayton (bass); Butch Miles (drums). Recorded at Group IV Recording Studios, Hollwood, California on January 18, 1978. Originally released on Pablo (2310-823). Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1992, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Personnel: Count Basie (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Freddie Green (guitar); Kenny Hing, Danny Turner , Eric Dixon , Bobby Plater, Charlie Fowlkes (saxophone); Lin Biviano, Waymon Reed, Pete Minger, Sonny Cohn (trumpet); Mel Wanzo, Fred Wesley, Dennis Wilson , Bill Hughes (trombone); Butch Miles (drums). Liner Note Author: Norman Granz. Recording information: Group IV Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA. Photographer: Phil Stern. Unknown Contributor Roles: Kenny Hing; Lin Biviano; Waymon Reed; Mel Wanzo; Danny Turner ; Fred Wesley; Eric Dixon ; Dennis Wilson ; John Clayton; Pete Minger; Butch Miles; Bill Hughes ; Sonny Cohn; Bobby Plater; Charlie Fowlkes. The second CD released from a long session featuring Milt Jackson as a special guest with the Count Basie Orchestra is a success, though it finds Jackson digging more into the band's repertoire than vice versa. The vibraphonist, like other bop musicians who worked with Basie, doesn't try to hold back during his solos, which are the prominent feature of most tracks, with few of them running over the four-minute mark. Basie does show off a bit of stride in "9:20 Special" and subtle bluesy piano licks in the one extended performance, "Blues for Me," which is jointly credited to the two men. Giving a few solos to some of Basie's talented sidemen (who include Eric Dixon, Sonny Cohn, Charlie Fowlkes and Fred Wesley) would have added a little variety, but it is likely that producer Norman Granz wanted the primary focus to remain on Jackson and Basie, so it is hard to disagree with his wishes, as the date is warmly recommended. ~ Ken Dryden
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