A Swingin' Christmas Featuring The Count Basie Big Band (US) ［CD+DVD］

構成数 : 2枚
合計収録時間 : 00:37:01
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Personnel: Gray Sargent (guitar); Toots Thielemans (harmonica); Grant Langford (alto saxophone); Doug Lawrence, Andy Snitzer (tenor saxophone); James Zollar, Kriss T. Johnson Jr. (trumpet); Clarence Banks, Dave Keim, Alvin Walker II, Barry Cooper (trombone); Paul Langosch, Monty Alexander, Lee Musiker (piano); Harold Jones (drums). Audio Mixer: Dae Bennett. Photographer: Peter Mellekas. Arrangers: Frank Foster ; Torrie Zito; Bill Holman; Lee Musiker. Tony Bennett reigns as one of the finest-ever jazz-oriented pop singers. Count Basie's Big Band reigns as one of the hippest-ever orchestral jazz organizations. Put them together and how could you not have one of the coolest Christmas discs ever? With Bennett's classy, heartfelt phrasing and the Count's brassy, classy, earnestly swinging large jazz band (with ace-of-the-88s Monty Alexander sitting in for the late Basie), this platter will have listeners swingin' through whatever holidays they might celebrate well into the New Year.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)