Homage to Count Basie

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Homage to Count Basie
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Studio album by Bob Mintzer Big Band
Released October 17, 2000 (2000-10-17)
Recorded May 16–17, 2000
Genre Jazz, big band
Length61:12
Label DMP
Producer Bob Mintzer
Bob Mintzer chronology
Quality Time
(1998)		Homage to Count Basie
(2000)		Bop Boy
(2002)

Homage to Count Basie is an album by the Bob Mintzer Big Band that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2002. [1]

Bob Mintzer jazz musician

Robert Alan Mintzer is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader.

The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been presented since 1961. From 1962 to 1971 and 1979 to 1991 the award title specified instrumental performances. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Havin' Some Fun"Bob Mintzer7:55
2."April in Paris" Vernon Duke/Yip Harburg 6:07
3."One O'Clock Jump" Count Basie 11:16
4."Lester Jumps Out"Bob Mintzer9:19
5."Cute" Neal Hefti 5:56
6."Shiny Stockings" 7:44
7."Home Basie"Bob Mintzer4:11
8."Lil' Darlin'"Neal Hefti8:44

Personnel

Peter Michael Yellin was an American jazz saxophonist and educator.

Scott Robinson (jazz musician) American musician

Scott Robinson is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist. Robinson is best known for his work on various styles of saxophone, but he has also performed on clarinet, flute, trumpet, sarrusophone, and other, more obscure instruments.

Byron Stripling jazz musician

Byron Stripling is a jazz trumpeter who has been a member of the Count Basie Orchestra.

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References

  1. ↑ "Homage to Count Basie – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Homage to Count Basie – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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