BASIE COUNT/BASIE JAZZ

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EU-ONLY 180 GRAM VINYL LP PRESSING INCLUDING TWO BONUS TRACKS AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. THE TRACKS ON THIS ALBUM PRESENT THE SECOND INCARNATION OF COUNT BASIES BIG BAND. HIS SECOND BAND WAS CREATED AT THE URGING OF BILLY ECKSTINEWHO CONVINCED BASIE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE ERA OF THE LARGE JAZZ-SWING ORCHESTRAAN ERA HE WAS AN ARCHITECT OFWAS BY ALL APPEARANCES OVERHE COULD MAKE A REAL GO OF IT WITH HIS BRAND OF BLUES AND SWING. BASIE WAS INITIALLY SKEPTICALBUT AGREED WHEN HE WAS OFFERED OTHER SUPPORTING OPINIONS FROM THE LIKES OF NORMAN GRANZ AND WILLARD ALEXANDER. HE SET OUT TO CREATE AN ORCHESTRA THAT WAS NOT AS SUSCEPTIBLE TO PERSONNEL CHANGESAND INITIALLY FEATURED THE CHARTS OF NEAL HEFTI AND NAT PIERCEAND LATER THOSE OF FRANK FOSTER AND JOHNNY MANDELAMONG OTHERS. BASIE JAZZSHOWCASING 1952 RECORDINGSPRESENTS SOME OF THE EARLIEST SIDES MADE BY BASIE FOR GRANZ. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE VERY FIRST PRESERVED COLLABORATION OF THE COUNT AND OSCAR PETERSON PLAYING TOGETHER.