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Diane Schuur and the Count Basie Orchestra

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Released
  
1987

Length
  
40:30

Artists
  
Diane Schuur, Count Basie

Genres
  
Jazz, Vocal jazz

Recorded
  
February 25, 1987

Label
  
GRP

Release date
  
1987

Producers
  
Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen

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Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (1987)
  
Talkin' 'bout You' (1988)

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Similar
  
Diane Schuur albums, Jazz albums

Diane schuur the count basie orchestra 1987


Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra is a 1987 live album by Diane Schuur, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Frank Foster.

Contents

Three years after Count Basie's death, the Count Basie Orchestra is featured here as a ghost band, led by Frank Foster. This was also the last performance of Freddie Green, who died a week later.

At the Grammy Awards of 1988, for her performance on Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra, Schuur won her second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.

Track listing

  1. "Deedles' Blues" (Morgan Ames) – 3:30
  2. "Caught a Touch of Your Love" (James Best (A.K.A. James Bugno), Craig Bickhardt, Jack Keller) – 3:13
  3. "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 4:24
  4. "I Just Found Out About Love" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:45
  5. "Travelin' Blues" (Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck) – 4:04
  6. "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:09
  7. "You Can Have It" (Ames, Frank Foster) – 3:25
  8. "Only You" (Ames, Bob Florence) – 4:44
  9. "Everyday" (Peter Chatman) – 3:09
  10. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 4:06
  11. "Until I Met You" (Freddie Green, Don Wolf) – 2:53
  12. "Climbing Higher Mountains" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:34

Performance

  • Diane Schuur - vocals, piano
  • Count Basie Orchestra:
  • Frank Foster - arranger, tenor saxophone
  • Lynn Seaton - double bass
  • Dennis Mackrel - drums
  • Freddie Green - guitar
  • Danny House - alto saxophone
  • Danny Turner
  • John Williams - baritone saxophone
  • Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Hing
  • Clarence Banks - trombone
  • Bill Hughes - bass trombone
  • Mel Wanzo - lead trombone
  • Dennis Wilson - trombone
  • Sonny Cohn - trumpet
  • Melton Mustafa - trumpet
  • Bob Ojeda - trumpet
  • Byron Stripling - lead trumpet

    • Production

  • Dave Grusin - executive producer
  • Larry Rosen
  • Robert DeLaGarza - assistant engineer
  • Bill-Dog Dooley
  • Mark McKenna
  • Mike Morongell
  • Claudio Ordenes
  • Andy Baltimore - design, creative director
  • David Gibb - design
  • Dave Kunze
  • Ivan Salgado
  • Dan Serrano
  • Bruce Botnick - digital editing, editing
  • Allen Sides - engineer
  • Takao Ogawa - liner notes
  • John S. Wilson
  • Aaron A. Woodward - management
  • Wally Traugott - mastering
  • Judy Clapp - mixing, mixing assistant
  • Don Murray - mixing
  • Glenn Wexler photography, cover photo
  • Mike Johnson - photography
  • Janet Van Ham
  • Jeffrey Weber

    • Songs

    1Deedles' Blues3:33
    2Caught a Touch of Your Love3:15
    3Travelin' Light4:26

    References

    Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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