The Count Basie Orchestra - Dance Along with Basie (Remastered Edition) (1959/2025) [Official Digital Download]

"Dance Along" with Basie is an album released by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie featuring tracks recorded in late 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.

Standout arrangements by Jones are Give Me the Simple Life, It's a Pity to Say Goodnight, (Once I Had a) Secret Love and Misty (with Frank Wess and Charlie Fowlkes soloing on flute and baritone saxophone). But the rest of the fare are hardly slouches. The charts may not be as adventurous as Jones's pen work in the 1960s and '70s but they breathe well, have great pacing and sound solidly 1959.

“As a pop album this is five-star right off; curiously enough, people frequently forget that bands such as this one are great dance bands at one and the same time they are great jazz bands. This album, for instance, should put most of the studio swing-band efforts to shame.” (DOWNBEAT, Ralph J. Gleason)

TRACKLIST

1. The Count Basie Orchestra - It Had to Be You (Remastered)
2. The Count Basie Orchestra - Makin' Whoopee (Remastered)
3. The Count Basie Orchestra - Can't We Be Friends (Remastered)
4. The Count Basie Orchestra - Misty (Remastered)
5. The Count Basie Orchestra - It's a Pity to Say Goodnight (Remastered)
6. The Count Basie Orchestra - How Am I to Know (Remastered)
7. The Count Basie Orchestra - Easy Living (Remastered)
8. The Count Basie Orchestra - Fools Rush In (Remastered)
9. The Count Basie Orchestra - Secret Love (Remastered)
10. The Count Basie Orchestra - Give Me the Simple Life (Remastered)



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