Sinatra–Basie:An Historic Musical First is a 1962 studio album by Frank Sinatra,arranged by Neal Hefti.
The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16- to 18-piece big band,one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era,founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 1950s,the band survived long past the big band era itself and the death of Basie in 1984. It continues under the direction of trumpeter Scotty Barnhart.
Ella and Basie! is a 1963 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald,accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra,with arrangements by Quincy Jones and Benny Carter. It was later reissued with slightly different cover art as On the Sunny Side of the Street.
Steppin' Out is an album by Tony Bennett released in 1993. A tribute to Fred Astaire,the album continued Bennett's commercial comeback;like the previous year's Perfectly Frank,it achieved gold record status in the United States. In 1994,it won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance. A music video for "Steppin' Out with My Baby" received airplay on MTV.
Here's to the Ladies is an album by Tony Bennett,released in 1995.
Tony Bennett on Holiday is a 1997 studio album by Tony Bennett,recorded in tribute to Billie Holiday.
Count Basie at Newport is a live album by jazz musician Count Basie and his orchestra. It was originally issued as Verve MGV 8243 and included only the tracks 1-7 and 13. Tracks 9-12 originally included in Count Basie &Joe Williams/Dizzy Gillespie &Mary Lou Williams at Newport.
Cloud 7 is the second studio album by Tony Bennett,released in 1955.
Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall is a 1962 live album by Tony Bennett. The June 9th concert was directed by Arthur Penn and Gene Saks. Carnegie Hall had not featured a pop performer until April 23,1961 when Judy Garland recorded her legendary concert.
In Person! is a 1959 album by Tony Bennett,accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra.
Solo Flight:The Genius of Charlie Christian is a 1972 double album collecting many of the few recordings that captured performances by Charlie Christian. Most of the selections are from sessions with Benny Goodman's bands. Until the advent of CD,it was considered to be the definitive "Charlie Christian" collection On some tunes,the producers spliced various takes together to include more of Christian's solos,or to create a better overall tune.
At Long Last is a 1998 studio album by Rosemary Clooney,accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra.
Fancy Pants is a 1983 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra. This is the last recording that Basie made with his big band.
The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays,Joe Williams Sings Standards is an album by vocalist Joe Williams and pianist/bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded in 1956 and released on the Verve label. It was Williams' second album with Basie following Count Basie Swings,Joe Williams Sings.
Hometown,My Town is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. It was originally recorded in 1958 and released in 1959 on Columbia as CL 1301.
My Heart Sings is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. It was recorded in 1961 and released the same year on Columbia as CL 1658. So far,it has been released on CD only in Japan by Sony/CBS.
Dizzy Digs Paris is a compilation album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and his band featuring concert and studio performances recorded in Paris in 1953 and originally released on the French Disques Vogue and Blue Star labels. Many of the tracks were first released as 78 rpm records but were later released on albums including Dizzy Over Paris (Roost) and Dizzy Gillespie and His Operatic Strings Orchestra (Fontana). The album also includes eight tracks recorded by Dizzy's rhythm section led by Wade Legge but without Gillespie that were originally released on a 10" album.
Breakfast Dance and Barbecue is a live album by pianist,composer and bandleader Count Basie and his Orchestra with vocalist Joe Williams featuring tracks recorded at a Disc Jockey convention in Florida in 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.
Count Basie Story is a double album by pianist,composer and bandleader Count Basie featuring tracks originally performed by his orchestra in the 1930s and 1940s rerecorded in 1960 as a celebration of its 25th anniversary and first released on the Roulette label. Selections from the 2-LP set were also released as Roulette's The Best of Basie in 1962 and The Best of Basie Vol. 2 in 1964. The album was rereleased with bonus tracks in 2004 to commemorate Basie's 100th birthday.
The Complete Roost Recordings is a 1997 compilation 3-CD set of sessions led by saxophonist and bandleader Stan Getz recorded for the Roost Records label between 1950 and 1954. The compilation includes material previously released on Getz's Roost LPs The Sound,The Getz Age,the two volumes of Stan Getz at Storyville and the album with guitarist Johnny Smith - Moonlight in Vermont along with alternate takes and previously unreleased performances.
