Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra
Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra is a 1987 live album by Diane Schuur, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Frank Foster.[2]
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | February 25, 1987 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 40:30 | |||
| Label | GRP | |||
| Producer | Morgan Ames, Jeffrey Weber | |||
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Three years after Count Basie's death, the Count Basie Orchestra is featured here as a ghost band, led by Frank Foster.[3] This was also the last performance of Freddie Green, who died a week later.[4]
At the Grammy Awards of 1988, for her performance on Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra, Schuur won her second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.[5]
Track listing
- "Deedles' Blues" (Morgan Ames) – 3:30
- "Caught a Touch of Your Love" (James Best (A.K.A. James Bugno), Craig Bickhardt, Jack Keller) – 3:13
- "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 4:24
- "I Just Found Out About Love" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:45
- "Travelin' Blues" (Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck) – 4:04
- "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:09
- "You Can Have It" (Ames, Frank Foster) – 3:25
- "Only You" (Ames, Bob Florence) – 4:44
- "Everyday" (Peter Chatman) – 3:09
- "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 4:06
- "Until I Met You" (Freddie Green, Don Wolf) – 2:53
- "Climbing Higher Mountains" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:34
Personnel
Performance
- Diane Schuur - vocals, piano
- Count Basie Orchestra:
- Frank Foster - arranger, tenor saxophone
- Lynn Seaton - double bass
- Dennis Mackrel - drums
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Danny House - alto saxophone
- Danny Turner
- John Williams - baritone saxophone
- Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
- Kenny Hing
- Clarence Banks - trombone
- Bill Hughes - bass trombone
- Mel Wanzo - lead trombone
- Dennis Wilson - trombone
- Sonny Cohn - trumpet
- Melton Mustafa - trumpet
- Bob Ojeda - trumpet
- Byron Stripling - lead trumpet
Production
- Dave Grusin - executive producer
- Larry Rosen - executive producer
- Morgan Ames - producer
- Jeffrey Weber - producer
- Robert DeLaGarza - assistant engineer
- Bill-Dog Dooley
- Mark McKenna
- Mike Morongell
- Claudio Ordenes
- Andy Baltimore - design, creative director
- David Gibb - design
- Dave Kunze
- Ivan Salgado
- Dan Serrano
- Bruce Botnick - digital editing, editing
- Allen Sides - engineer
- Takao Ogawa - liner notes
- John S. Wilson
- Aaron A. Woodward - management
- Wally Traugott - mastering
- Judy Clapp - mixing, mixing assistant
- Don Murray - mixing
- Glenn Wexler photography, cover photo
- Mike Johnson - photography
- Janet Van Ham
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