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Sammy Davis/Count Basie – Our Shining Hour
Sammy Davis/Count Basie – Our Shining Hour
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RARE/2HAND VINYL LP ON VERVE RECORDS 1965.
V8605 made in USA.
Vinyl NM. Cover EX.
This is one of popular entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr's best jazz-oriented albums. The CD reissue features Davis with the Count Basie Orchestra performing arrangements by Quincy Jones. Unfortunately, the personnel of the Basie band is not given, but the orchestra mostly acts as a prop behind Davis much of the time anyway. The singer is heard in top form on "Teach Me Tonight," "Work Song," and "Keepin' out of Mischief Now," adding a bit of tap dancing to a lighthearted "Bill Basie Won't You Please Come Home." Some of the more poppish tunes, such as "Blues for Mr. Charlie" and "She's a Woman," are a bit dated, but, in general, fans of Sammy Davis Jr will want this set.
Tracklist
A1 My Shining Hour 2:12
A2 Teach Me Tonight 3:05
A3 Work Song 2:15
A4 Why Try To Change Me Now 3:27
A5 Blues For Mr. Charlie 3:41
A6 April In Paris 2:50
B1 New York City Blues 2:53
B2 You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You 3:01
B3 She's A Woman 2:21
B4 The Girl From Ipanema 4:07
B5 Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now 2:53
B6 Bill Basic, Won't You Please Come Home 2:39