Count Basie * Me & You [180 Gram] 4/21/17 melodies and vocals

melodies and vocals

with the next holiday-for-the-head never far away

I'm a Jazz Vampire

infused with Laurie Anderson-like abstract phrasing

the album was critically praised upon release for it's production

Count Basie * Me & You [180 Gram] 4/21/17 melodies and vocalsVirtually to the end, Count Basie was at the piano in front of the band that was his natural environment for more than half a century, inspiring music that defined the verb 'to swing.' In this collection recorded a little more than a year before he died, Basie divided the performances between the big band and a small group. In his last couple of decades, Basie went into the Pablo studios frequently with combos ranging in size from two (the pianist and