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Sing a Song of Basie

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Released
  
1957

Label
  
ABC-Paramount Records

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
30:08

Release date
  
1957

Awards
  
Grammy Hall of Fame

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Recorded
  
August 26 - November 26, 1957

Sing a Song of Basie (1957)
  
Sing Along with Basie (1958)

Artists
  
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, S. Hendricks, Ross

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus

Similar
  
Lambert - Hendricks & Ross albums, Jazz albums

Sing a Song of Basie is a 1957 album by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.

Contents

The cover shown is not the original cover but the later Impluse re-issue cover

Track listing

  1. "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 5:18
  2. "It's Sand, Man!" (Hendricks, Lambert, Ed Lewis) – 2:27
  3. "Two for the Blues" (Neal Hefti, Hendricks) – 2:42
  4. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham) – 3:00
  5. "Little Pony" (Hefti, Hendricks) – 2:28
  6. "Down for Double" (Freddie Green, Hendricks, Lambert) – 2:11
  7. "Fiesta in Blue" (Benny Goodman, Hendricks, Lambert, Jimmy Mundy) – 3:14
  8. "Down for the Count" (Frank Foster, Melissa Ritter) – 2:58
  9. "Blues Backstage" (Foster) – 2:58
  10. "Avenue C" (Buck Clayton, Hendricks, Lambert) – 2:52

Personnel

  • Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - vocals:
  • Dave Lambert
  • Jon Hendricks
  • Annie Ross
  • Nat Pierce – piano
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Eddie Jones – double bass
  • Sonny Payne - drums

    • Songs

    1Everyday5:19
    2It's Sand - Man!2:28
    3Two for the Blues2:43

    References

    Sing a Song of Basie Wikipedia
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