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Artist: | Count Basie |
Title: | Count Basie Live At The Sands Before Frank MFSL 180GM VINYL 2 LP |
Label: | |
Released: | 2013 |
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Format: | MFSL 180GM VINYL 2LP |
Country | US |
Barcode: | 821797240116 |
Catalogue number: | MOFY401.1 |
SKU: | 20974480 |
Condition: | BRAND NEW & SEALED |
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Genre: | Big Band , Swing |
Categories: | Vinyl / Box Sets Ship in 24-48 Hours |
Numbered, limited edition 180-gram gatefold double LP
Digital clone of original 1998 PCM digital master to analog console to lathe
Live big-band album recorded during the count's 1966 warm-up sets for Sinatra in Vegas
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. A dynamite entertainer, the legendary leader caused hearts to race, hips to shake, and fingers to snap with high-energy readings of his trademark swing music, taken to feverish heights by both his first-rate orchestra and the incredibly swank setting. Fortunately, the finest of Basie and Co.'s introductory performances from the historic 1966 dates have been preserved here and serve as a seminal complement to Sinatra's iconic Live at the Sands.
Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed at RTI, MoFi's analog version of Live at the Sands (Before Frank) gives you a dead-center, eighth-row seat at the famed Sin City club. You'll just need to supply your own table and cocktail. Renowned for its sonic clarity, transparency, crispness, and punch, the record is now tremendously enhanced, with improved tonality, a deeper soundstage, correct balances, and lifelike presence. Each horn occupies its own space, and Basie's transfixing piano — a focal point throughout — resonates with gorgeous detail and impeccable pacing. The collective's energy almost demands to be measured with an SPL meter.
Captured in late January and early February 1966, Live at the Sands (Before Frank) contains most of Basie's signature pieces delivered with an enthusiasm and style. His band is stacked to the nines, with tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, saxophonist/flautist Eric Dixon, and drummer "Sonny" Payne among the prized cast. The Sands dates marked the first time in years that these players, as well as trombonist Al Grey, gathered onstage together.
Encouraged by Basie, the instrumentalists engage in a series of call-and-response passages and standout solos, not the least of which is Davis' turn on a white-hot "Jumpin' at the Woodside" and he and Dixon's exchanges on "This Could Be the Start of Something Big." No slouch, Basie approaches "Makin' Whoopee" with graceful playfulness, and oversees the assortment of uptempo swing numbers and mellow ballads with astute melodicism. A sublime version of the Don Gibson country standard "I Can't Stop Loving You," arranged by Quincy Jones, can almost be considered a bonus.
No, it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. And Basie and his mates have plenty of it on this superb outing.
A1 | Introduction | 0:48 |
A2 | Splanky Written-By - Neal Hefti |
3:52 |
A3 | I Can't Stop Loving You Written-By - Don Gibson |
3:41 |
A4 | I Needs To Be Bee'd With Written-By - Ernie Shelby Written-By - Quincy Jones |
3:52 |
A5 | Flight Of The Foo Birds Written-By - Neal Hefti |
3:08 |
B1 | Satin Doll Written-By - Billy Strayhorn Written-By - Duke Ellington Written-By - Johnny Mercer |
4:10 |
B2 | Makin' Whoopee! Written-By - Gus Kahn Written-By - Walter Donaldson |
4:11 |
B3 | Corner Pocket Written-By - Don Wolf Written-By - Freddie Green |
5:33 |
C1 | One O'Clock Jump Written-By - Count Basie |
2:18 |
C2 | Go Away Little Girl Written-By - Goffin And King |
3:30 |
C3 | Whirly Bird Written-By - Neal Hefti |
5:11 |
D1 | Blues For Ilene Written-By - Eric Dixon |
6:03 |
D2 | This Could Be The Start Of Something Big Written-By - Steve Allen (3) |
3:10 |
D3 | Jumpin' At The Woodside Written-By - Count Basie |
3:33 |
dispatched in | 24 hours |
format | vinyl |
year of release | 2013 |
condition | new |
genre | Jazz |
artist | Count Basie |
label | Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab |
Country | US |
Recently In Stock | No |
Forthcoming | No |
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