Basie Straight Ahead

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Basie Straight Ahead
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Released1968
RecordedSeptember 1968
Studio TTG (Los Angeles)
Genre Swing
Big band
Label Dot
Producer Tom Mack and Teddy Reig
Count Basie and Orchestra chronology
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Basie Straight Ahead is an album recorded at TTG Studios, Hollywood, California in October 1968 featuring Count Basie and his orchestra. This album marked the first collaboration between Basie and his long-time orchestrator, Sammy Nestico, who composed, arranged and conducted all of the songs on the record. [3] The engineers were Ami Hadani and Thorne Nogar, and the producers were Tom Mack and Teddy Reig. The disc was issued in 1968 on Dot label and on English EMI.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Sammy Nestico

  1. "Basie - Straight Ahead" – 3:56
  2. "It's Oh, So Nice" – 4:10
  3. "Lonely Street" – 2:53
  4. "Fun Time" – 3:52
  5. "Magic Flea" – 3:09
  6. "Switch In Time" – 3:58
  7. "Hay Burner" – 4:16
  8. "That Warm Feeling" – 3:33
  9. "The Queen Bee" – 4:13

Personnel

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References

  1. Basie Straight Ahead at AllMusic
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  20. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. "Interview: Sammy Nestico (Part 2) - JazzWax". www.jazzwax.com. Retrieved 2018-11-08.