Count Basie & His Orchestra: This Time By Basie CD Track Listing

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Count Basie & His Orchestra This Time By Basie (1963)
(c) 1963 Warner Reprise Records\n\nTracks 1-11 originally released in 1963 as "This Time By Basie" (Reprise 6070)\narranged and conducted by Quincy Jones\n\nTracks 12-16 orriginally released in 1965 on "Pop Goes The Basie" (Reprise 6153),\narranged and conducted by Billy Byers\n\nCD Edition Released September 14, 1993\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Three decades after the fact, people looking at releases like This Time by Basie would tend to dismiss it as pandering, Count Basie doing a "pops"-type outing -- the cheesy cover art even emphasized the songs over Basie and his band. Nothing could be further from the truth, however -- this 16-song release reveals a wonderful body of work, and deserves to be better known. For starters, This Time by Basie swings, smooth and easy but taut, or hot and heavy. From Sonny Payne's understated cymbal intro to "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" to the bluesier notes of "One Mint Julep," Basie and company sound like they're enjoying themselves, whether elegantly stretching out on "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" or "Moon River," or soaring into the air on the hotter numbers -- one of the more surprising covers here is "Walk Don't Run," which even works in a big-band arrangement. Highlights amid all of this surprising splendor include Marshall Royal's alto sax on "What Kind of Fool Am I" and Frank Foster's tenor sax on "Something Big." Quincy Jones arranged and conducted This Time by Basie, and the record was successful, returning the Count to the pop charts on the eve of the British Invasion. The last five songs here are drawn from Pop Goes the Basie, a 1965 album arranged and conducted by Billy Byers, and produced by Teddy Reig -- the playing is as good as the companion work on numbers like "The Hucklebuck." Their version of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" is a big-band blues rendition of the song (sung by Leon Thomas) that buries the original's grand operatic romantic sensibilities in a posed soulfulness. "Oh Soul Mio" (highlight by Al Grey's trombone work), "Shangri-La" and "At Long Last Love" (both prominently featuring Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) come off better -- the last number could've come off of any of Basie's best post-1951 albums. The remixing from the original three-track studio masters has yielded an especially clean sound with vivid stereo separation, enhancing the solos (check out Davis' on "At Long Last Love") and the overall ensemble. -- Bruce Eder\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nQuincy and The Count Score Again !!, February 22, 2001 \nReviewer: Charlie Law from las vegas, nv USA \nThe FULL album title of this is "Hits of The 50's and 60's--This Time By Basie." And if you check the list of tunes, you can see where Reprise Records' producer came up with the name. This is my personal favorite Basie band: Thad Jones, Al Grey, Henry Coker, Marshall Royal, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Sonny Payne and the ever-present Freddie Green....and the stars really shine on these magnificent Quincy Jones arrangements. These charts are STILL being played by bands 40+ YEARS LATER!! (The album jacket credited Quincy himself as the arranger, but it really was just Quincy's music company--the actual arrangements were done by one of Quincy's writers, Billy Byers! Thanks to John C. Smith and Dan Haerle for sharing their research on this). The band had something of a hit when Billy took a country ballad and added a strong back-beat, with a walking bass line and moved the tempo up a hair..."I Can't Stop Loving You" was an instant success!! In addition to that one, "..San Francisco," "Fly Me To The Moon," "Moon River," "One Mint Julep" and "The Swingin' Shepherd Blues" are all big-band classics. Besides the (11) tunes on the original album, the reissue includes (5) bonus tracks, which had not been previously released. "Pretty Woman" and Billy Byers' satirical "Oh Soul Mio" (for which he DOES get credit, on this reissue) are welcome additions to the reissue.\n\nI REALLY LOVED this album (for anyone who disputes this, the defense produces one totally-worn-out vinyl record) and it's great that new generations of music lovers can now hear this also. If you only have ONE Basie album...MAKE THIS THE ONE!! \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nBasie is the best, October 23, 2000 \nReviewer: cac@wavecomputers.net from ROLLA, MO USA \nThe one selection that reaches out and grabs you is the 4 plus minute rendition of I Can't Stop Loving You.. It is impossible not to tap your foot or move around. If you like real brass and feeling sax then this song steals the show. As a pro wrestler I use it for a special 4 minute entrance...great sounds \n\nHalf.com Album Credits\nLee Hirschberg, Engineer\n\nAlbum Notes\nPersonnel: Count Basie (piano); Marshall Royal (alto saxophone, clarinet); Eric Dixon, Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute); Marshall Royal (tenor saxophone, clarinet, reeds); Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone, flute, bass clarinet); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Bobby Plater (reeds); Sonny Cohn, Albert Aarons, Thad Jones, F.P. Richard, Edward Preston, Wallace Davenport, Sam Noto (trumpet); Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Urbie Green, Grover Mitchell, Henderson Chambers, Al Grey, Bill Hughes, Gordon Thomas (trombone); Freddie Green (guitar); Buddy Catlett, Wyatt Ruther (bass); Sonny Payne, Louis Bellson (drums).\n\nProducer: Teddy Reig.\nCompilation producer: Matt Pierson.\nRecorded in January 1965. Includes liner notes by Marc Crawford & Leonard Feather.\n\nThese 16 songs, released on two albums of the mid-'60s, feature a hi-fi, high volume batch of contemporary hits such as "Moon River" and "Oh, Pretty Woman." Basie's orchestra once again displays its abilities to execute music custom-fitted for its time, adding power, grace, and some whimsy to these pop tunes. Quincy Jones' lively arrangements are played with aplomb.\n\nThe selections are filled with juicy musical tidbits, like Basie's ever-subtle and persuasive piano playing on "The Hucklebuck." Flutes bring a touch of the mod feel to the orchestra's sound on "Swingin' Shepherd Blues." The wire brush and string bass intro to "Fly Me to the Moon" is a subtle, yet telling aspect of a forever-fresh band that fine-tunes these pop pieces while retaining its musical credibility. For all their novelty, these performances are timeless.
This jazz cd contains 16 tracks and runs 52min 0sec.
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