Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild

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Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
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Live album by
Count Basie Orchestra
ReleasedFebruary 10, 1996 (1996-02-10)
RecordedFebruary 10, 1996
Venue Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Genre Jazz, big band
Length45:58
Label Blue Jackel
Producer Marty Ashby
Count Basie Orchestra chronology
Jazzin'
(1996)		Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
(1996)		 At Long Last
(1998)

Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is an album by the Count Basie Orchestra that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1997. [1] The orchestra is led by Grover Mitchell and features four songs with New York Voices. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Down for the Count" Frank Foster 5:50
2."Whirlybird" Neal Hefti 3:40
3."Cotton Tail" Duke Ellington 3:03
4."In a Mellow Tone"Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler 7:18
5."Basie" Ernie Wilkins 4:25
6."Please Send Me Someone to Love" Percy Mayfield 4:09
7."Bug Out" Eric Dixon 6:29
8."Love Makes the World Go Round" Jon Hendricks, Patrick Leonard, Madonna 4:50
9."Farmer's Market" Art Farmer 3:14
10."Basie Power"Ernie Wilkins3:00

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [2]

New York Voices

Production

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References

  1. ↑ "Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild - Count Basie | Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild - Count Basie | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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