View Your Cart 0 Log in to The Jazz Store
Buy Online or Call 1-800-558-9513 To Order
Jazz Icons - Count Basie Live in '62

Jazz Icons - Count Basie Live in '62

  • Total time:56:00
  • Availability: In stock
  • Item #: 4017656
  • List Price: $19.99
  • Your Price: $15.99
  • You Save: $4.00

Contents

This DVD is included in the Jazz Icons 1: Boxed Set (9 DVDs)

Features one of the greatest big band orchestras captured at the height of their considerable powers. Billed frequently as the "most explosive force in jazz," this recently discovered 60-minute concert, taped in Sweden in 1952, highlights the legendry musical talents of this 18-piece band which included such luminaries as Marshal Royal, Freddie Green, Quentin "Butter" Jackson, Frank Wess and sensational drummer Sonny Payne. This is the earliest known complete concert of Count Basie and his orchestra to be released on DVD.

Easin' It; You Are Too Beautiful; Corner Pocket; Stella By Starlight; Back to the Apple; I Needs to Be Bee'd With; I Got Rhythm; Back Water Blues; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Old Man River; One O'clock Jump.

Extended Article

Jazz Icons™ is an ongoing DVD series featuring full-length concerts and in-studio performances by the greatest legends of jazz, filmed all over the world from the 1950s through 1970s. Beautifully transferred from the original masters, none of these concerts has ever been officially released on home video, and in many cases, the material was never broadcast. Each DVD is produced with the full support and cooperation of the artists or their estates.

Quotes

Jazz Icons™ is an ongoing DVD series featuring full-length concerts and in-studio performances by the greatest legends of jazz, filmed all over the world from the 1950s through 1970s. Beautifully transferred from the original masters, none of these concerts has ever been officially released on home video, and in many cases, the material was never broadcast. Each DVD is produced with the full support and cooperation of the artists or their estates.