Count Basie

Lester Young - Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion: Lester Young with Count Basie 1936-1940 (2008) Music

Posted by Pisulik at May 18, 2017

Lester Young - Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion: Lester Young with Count Basie 1936-1940 (2008)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +cue, log, m3u, scans - 851 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 552 MB | 04:00:25
Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz | Label: Mosaic | Release Year: 2008

The focus of this set was to present all of Lester Young's solo efforts under Count Basie's leadership for the Columbia family of labels. In addition, we have included the Glenn Hardman and his Hammond Five date plus a Benny Goodman small group session that went unreleased until 1973.

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Count Basie & His Orchestra - The Count Basie Collection 1937-39 (2021) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at March 11, 2021

Count Basie & His Orchestra - The Count Basie Collection 1937-39 (2021)
FLAC tracks | 03:05:30 | 489 Mb
Genre: Jazz / Label: Acrobat Records

William “Count” Basie was one of the most important, innovative and influential personalities in jazz during the middle decades of the 20th century, both as pianist, composer and bandleader, his music transcending the worlds of small group jazz, big band music, swing and R&B, and with many future stars of the genre coming to prominence playing with his orchestra. Having honed his skills with Bennie Moten’s band in Kansas City, he formed his own orchestra in 1936 after Moten’s death and after a lengthy engagement in Chicago signed to Decca, recording for them until almost the end of the decade. This 63-track 3-CD set comprises his releases for Decca during those years, which laid down a marker as to the talent and style of his bands, and constitute a significant and satisfying body of work. The collection features many of his well-known compositions like “One O’Clock Jump”, “Blue And Sentimental”, Blues In The Dark”, along with some of the classic standards of the era. A number of the tracks feature vocals by the great singers Jimmy Rushing and Helen Humes, and among the predominantly big band recordings are some by Basie with a trio comprising Fred Green, Walter Page and Jo Jones. Among the other musicians in his line-up were Buck Clayton, Lester Young, Harry Edison and Dickie Wells. It’s a substantial, thorough and enlightening overview of this key era of Basie’s career.

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Count Basie And His Orchestra - 1936-1951 (1990-2002) [8CD, Classics Records] Music

Posted by v3122 at Feb. 17, 2014

Count Basie And His Orchestra - 1936-1951 (1990-2002)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & M4A(Tracks) & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
8CD | Classics Records | ~ 2147 or 2130 or 1373 Mb | Scans Included
Jazz / Big Band / Swing

Count Basie was among the most important bandleaders of the swing era. With the exception of a brief period in the early '50s, he led a big band from 1935 until his death almost 50 years later, and the band continued to perform after he died…

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Count Basie - Hits & Rarities (2022) Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 30, 2022

Count Basie - Hits & Rarities (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 612 MB
4:17:47 | Jazz | Label: UMG

Count Basie was among the most important bandleaders of the swing era. With the exception of a brief period in the early '50s, he led a big band from 1935 until his death almost 50 years later, and the band continued to perform after he died. Basie's orchestra was characterized by a light, swinging rhythm section that he led from the piano, lively ensemble work, and generous soloing. Basie was not a composer like Duke Ellington or an important soloist like Benny Goodman. His instrument was his band, which was considered the epitome of swing and became broadly influential on jazz.

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Count Basie - The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie & His Orchestra (1993) {10CD Box Set Mosaic MD10-149} Music

Posted by ruskaval at July 7, 2017

Count Basie - The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie & His Orchestra (1993) {10CD Box Set Mosaic MD10-149}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 3.45 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 1.32 Gb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 55 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1957-62, 1993 Mosaic Records | MD10-149
Jazz / Big Band / Swing

Some of Count Basie's finest recordings were cut for the Roulette label during 1957-1962, and all of his studio performances are included on this massive Mosaic ten-CD boxed set. Among the classic former LPs that are reissued here are The Atomic Mr. Basie, Basie Plays Hefti, Chairman of the Board, Everyday I Have the Blues, and Kansas City Suite. With such soloists as trumpeters Thad Jones and Joe Newman, the tenors of Frank Foster and Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Frank Wess on alto and flute, vocals by Joe Williams, and the timeless arrangements of Neal Hefti, Thad Jones, Frank Foster, Ernie Wilkins, and Frank Wess among others, this essential (but unfortunately limited-edition) set features the second Count Basie Orchestra at its very best.

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Count Basie - Dance Sessions (2020) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Sept. 13, 2020

Count Basie - Dance Sessions (2020)
FLAC tracks | 1:07:43 | 373 Mb
Genre: Jazz / Label: EG Jazz

While not as familiar to the general public as other jazz legends like Louis Armstrong or Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie is nonetheless a legend of swing, the most advanced embodiment of big bands and the frenzy of black American orchestras. Sixty years of career at the top of Music, The "Count" Basie was a real prince.

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Count Basie - Live At The Sands (Before Frank Sinatra) (2013) Music

Posted by mark70 at Dec. 22, 2013

Count Basie - Live At The Sands (Before Frank Sinatra) (2013)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 52:55 min | 120 MB
Genre: Mainstream Jazz, Big Band | Label: Rhino/Warner Bros.

Swinging Hard and Heavy With Orchestral Support, Live Big-Band Album Recorded During the Count's Warm-Up Sets for Sinatra in Early 1966 in Vegas Incredible Sound: Mastered from the Original Master Tapes, Reissue Improves Upon Renowned Dynamics, Presence, Crispness, and Balances Long Out-of-Print, Seminal Classic is Perfect Complement to Sinatra's Live at the Sands Count Basie and Frank Sinatra had the perfect arrangement at the Sands. Before the Chairman hit the stage in Vegas, Count Basie and his big band warmed up the already enthusiastic crowd with a brief set of their own.

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Count Basie - The Golden Years Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 (4 CD) (1996) Music

Posted by DjangoTiger at Jan. 23, 2014

Count Basie - The Golden Years Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 (1996)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 66 Tracks | 4 CDs | 571,13 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Jazz Archives

Extraordinary jazz files of the king of swing, the four volumes of this great saga. Highly recommended!

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Count Basie & Frank Sinatra - Sinatra - Basie: An Historic Musical First (Remastered) (1962/2017) Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 6, 2024

Count Basie & Frank Sinatra - Sinatra - Basie: An Historic Musical First (Remastered) (1962/2017)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 427 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 175 MB
1:10:10 | Jazz, Pop, Vocal, Swing | Label: Jazztwin

The long-awaited first collaboration between two icons, Count Basie and Frank Sinatra, did something unique for the reputations of both. For Basie, the Sinatra connection inaugurated a period in the '60s where his band was more popular and better-known than it ever was, even in the big-band era. For Sinatra, Basie meant liberation, producing perhaps the loosest, rhythmically free singing of his career. Propelled by the irresistible drums of Sonny Payne, Sinatra careens up to and around the tunes, reacting jauntily to the beat and encouraging Payne to swing even harder, which was exactly the way to interact with the Basie rhythm machine – using his exquisite timing flawlessly.

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Count Basie and his Orchestra - Four Classic Albums (2008) (Repost) Music

Posted by gribovar at Feb. 17, 2018

Count Basie and his Orchestra - Four Classic Albums (2008)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 853 MB | Covers (10 MB) included
Genre: Jazz, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Avid Jazz (AMSC 946)

"April in Paris" (1956), "King of Swing" (1954), "The Atomic Mr. Basie" (1957) and "The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards" (1956) are presented here on a superbly remastered double CD.
April in Paris (1956). One of the staples in the Count Basie discography, April in Paris is one of those rare albums that makes its mark as an almost instant classic in the jazz pantheon. April in Paris represents the reassembly of the original Count Basie orchestra that define swing in the 1930s and 1940s. The title track has come to define elegance in orchestral jazz. Recorded in 1955 and 1956, April in Paris proved Count Basie's ability to grow through modern jazz changes while keeping the traditional jazz orchestra vital and alive…

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