Released 1987 Length 40:30 | Recorded February 25, 1987 Label GRP Release date 1987 | |
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Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra(1987) Talkin' 'bout You'(1988) 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
- "Deedles' Blues" (Morgan Ames) – 3:30
- "Caught a Touch of Your Love" (James Best (A.K.A. James Bugno), Craig Bickhardt, Jack Keller) – 3:13
- "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 4:24
- "I Just Found Out About Love" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:45
- "Travelin' Blues" (Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck) – 4:04
- "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:09
- "You Can Have It" (Ames, Frank Foster) – 3:25
- "Only You" (Ames, Bob Florence) – 4:44
- "Everyday" (Peter Chatman) – 3:09
- "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 4:06
- "Until I Met You" (Freddie Green, Don Wolf) – 2:53
- "Climbing Higher Mountains" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:34
Performance
Production
Songs
1Deedles' Blues3:33
2Caught a Touch of Your Love3:15
3Travelin' Light4:26
References
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