Count Basie & His Orchestra + Neal Hefti Arrangements ‎– Basie

RARE/2HAND VINYL LP ON SONET 1958.

R-52003 made in US.

The release of this album in late 1957 marked the beginning of a glorious new phase in Count Basie's career. Signed to Roulette Records, the newly formed label owned by Morris Levy, the New York recording entrepreneur, jukebox mogul, club owner, and quasi-underworld figure, it took Basie's core audience and a lot of other people by surprise, as a bold, forward-looking statement within the context of a big-band recording -- if not as daring as what Duke Ellington had done at Newport in 1956, still a reminder that there was room for fresh, even dazzling improvisation (especially courtesy of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis's contribution) within the framework of a big-band jazz unit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie

Tracklist.

A1 The Kid From Red Bank 2:38
A2 Duet 4:10
A3 After Supper 3:22
A4 Flight Of The Foo Birds 3:21
A5 Double-O 2:45
A6 Teddy The Toad 3:40
B1 Whirly Bird 3:46
B2 Midnite Blue 4:25
B3 Splanky 3:35
B4 Fantail 3:50
B5 Lil' Darlin' 4:47