HENDRICKS, LAMBERT, ROSS dispensam apresentação, pois são nossos velhos conhecidos. Atenção - este é OUTRO álbum, diferente do que já foi postado anteriormente - "Sing a song of Basie". Mais uma preciosidade da lavra destes gigantes, que desta vez contam com o reforço do grande JOE WILLIAMS. Uma preciosidade!
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COUNT BASIE
August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Widely regarded as one of the most important jazz bandleaders of his time, Basie led his popular Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years. Many notable musicians came to prominence under his direction, including tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison and singers Jimmy Rushing and Joe Williams. Basie's theme songs were One O'Clock Jump and April In Paris.
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JOE WILLIAMS
Joe Williams (born December 12, 1918 in Cordele, Georgia; died March 29, 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was a well-known jazz vocalist, and an elegant and sophisticated baritone singing a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards.
In 1942 jazz great Lionel Hampton hired him to fill in for his regular vocalist, both for the Hampton orchestra's home performances at the Tic Toc Club in Boston and for their cross-country tours. Williams's work with Hampton ended when the band's former singer returned, but by that time Williams was in great demand, his fame particularly
burgeoning back in Chicago. At the age of 35, he got his big break when in 1954 he was hired as the male vocalist for with Count Basie Orchestra, 1954 thru 1961, garnering some of the best exposure a blues and jazz singer could have.
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ALBUM COMMENTS
The extraordinary jazz vocal group, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross had debuted in 1957 with Sing a Song of Basie during which they recreated his orchestra with their overdubbed voices. That album was so successful that the following year they were able to actually team up with the Basie band. Frank Foster put down on paper the original head arrangements of the '30s and '40s for the orchestra, leaving space for the vocalists to recreate the original solos. The result is a colorful and swinging set. Best is a version of "Goin' to Chicago Blues" that has Joe Williams taking his original vocal while Lambert, Hendricks & Ross sing around him.
(By Scott Yanow, All Music Guide)
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MINHA OPINIÃO - a longa parceria entre LH&R e Basie rendeu excelentes frutos. Neste álbum, contam com a preciosa participação do grande JOE WILLIAMS, de onde o resultado não podia ser outro: a "masterpiece", imprescindível em quaquer coleção de jazz e "vocal-jazz". Um tesouro!
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LAMBERT, HENDRICKS & ROSS
Jon Hendricks
Dave Lambert
Annie Ross
COUNT BASIE BIG BAND W/ JOE WILLIAMS
Joe Williams - Vocals
Count Basie - Piano, Main Performer
Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman - Trumpets
Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Al Grey - Trombones
Frank Wess * Flute, Arranger, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Reeds (Multiple)
Marshall Royal - Clarinet, Reeds (Multiple), Sax (Alto)
Charles Fowkles - Reeds (Multiple)
Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - Sax (Tenor), Reeds (Multiple)
Charlie Fowlkes - Sax (Baritone)
Freddie Green - Guitar
Ed Jones - Bass
Sonny Payne - Drums
TRACKS/FAIXAS
1. Jumpin' at the Woodside
2. Goin' to Chicago Blues
3. Tickle Toe
4. Let Me See
5. Every Tub
6. Shorty George
7. Rusty Dusty Blues
8. King
9. Swingin' the Blues
10. Lil' Darlin'
(*) REPOSTED by request.
