Boxset / Compilation · 2009
Tracklist
1. Broadway
2. Farouk
3. Telegraph
4. Don’t Blame Me
5. Marie
6. A Misty One
7. Save Your Love For Me
8. Lock-Up
9. Street Of Dreams
10. Swingin’ Until The Girls Come Home
11. Jack And Jill
12. Bread
13. Paradise Squad
14. Bootsie
15. Blues For The Count And Oscar
16. Fancy Meeting You
17. Little Pony
18. Whirly Bird
Line-up/Musicians
- Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis / tennor sax
- Joe Newman / trumpet
- Count Basie / piano
- Shirley Scott / organ
- George Duvivier / bass
- Butch Ballard / drums
About this release
Fresh Sound Records (Spain)
This CD is special for several reasons. The first part is a session that Count Basie produced in 1957 for "Lockjaw" with another Basie alumnus, the great trumpeter Joe Newman. What makes this album unusually interesting is that Basie plays the piano while Shirley Scott plays the organ. To complete this CD, a special compilation has been added eight little-known recordings of tunes when Basie was featuring "Lockjaw" in his big band (1952-1957) which show that the pair were simply destined for each other musically in one of the historic comings-together in jazz.
Thanks to kazuhiro for the addition and snobb for the updates