Count Basie & Joe Williams - Well Alright ,Okay,You Win

[LanzaFan1948]

This was a sheer mixture of the great talent of The Count and the great Mr. Williams. So darn good.

[mmaldo101]

i like this song and im 13

[riotgrrrl1964]

@mmaldo101 Do you want an award? Forget about age; just sit back and enjoy the music. 

[dudester36]

That Kind of Woman was by Joe Williams.

[dudester36]

HELP. I'm hoping some other jazz lover has the "That Kind of Woman" album and will be kind enough to put the song That Kind of Woman on You Tube so I can hear it again.

[Baxocj]

@dudester36 um i dont think u will fine a jazz lover on this song bc this is blues NOT jazz :D

[UrbanBizDevelopers]

@Baxocj .......Jazz IS the Blues! History recorded this fact!.......ps,,,,,I'm just repeating what some of the great masters of American Classical music, told me personally! :)

[UrbanBizDevelopers]

@Baxocj.......Jazz IS the Blues!...comment directed to @dudester36 too! there a tons of Ytube videos on the origins of North American Classical music.

[teltuker1104]

Oh my. how can you compare today's "crap rap" music to this? This is the real stuff; I hope our young people get into it.

[fredschreffler]

Tde best..I wish I could do that...Joseph

[bobby8168]

i have to say i when i got here that man sing it was nothing that i will ever forget . never

[selene2302]

Basie, gracias !

" Dios Bendiga tu Alma "

21/08/1904 - 28/07/2011.

[kingorthy]

This was from an era where the best musical acts had to have a ton of talent and also a ton of class--which is why Basie was at the top for decades.

[SimoneSheckles]

Oh how I miss this kind of talent!

[bigboppa40]

Wonderful stuff. The Count's bigband was the swingingest jump band ever. Joe "I'd rather drink muddy water" Williams will always be da man. Being a white drummer I'm knocked out with what looks like a white boy kicking it along...it sure do jump. Thanks for the post. Tony, NZ

[edipolful]

Como ele houve poucos no mundo, com aquele jazz swing na voz.

Pena que o perdemos. Mas suas canões ficarão para sempre!!!

[paulocapella]

God is love, and bless you Mr. Goreed!

[clskmstg]

Anybody remember Joe Williams on the Cosby show as Claire's father?

[homeschoolveggie]

This song makes me happy. They play it at the swing dance club all the time.

[jleoblues]

Its not the "Deep Blues" if the Delta but it still Blues. I am sorry Freddy Green is not there . Freddy Green was the greatest rhythm guitarist that ever lived. Thanks to whoever posted it!

[busessuck1]

best big band era male singer?

...does anybody else even come close? maybe al hibbler

[frodog19]

whos the drummer love that big band sound

[bobottobob]

Thank you Joe!

[ConservativeE]

Love this song. Its awesome.

[EBbarri]

That's the way it's supposed to sound! All others are trying to imitate...............excellen­t time and execution as only the "Count" could do.

............and that's from an amature bari player

[saxman6077]

smooooooooooooth, thats all

[DaleCorn]

If you don't like this clip, then you have no soul.

[craigahayes]

One of the smoothest jazz vocals of his time! Joe & the Count were quite the team.

[dmreeoogdaq]

Joe Williams could have sung the phone book, starting with the A's, and I'd have listened to every page. That's the kind of soul the singer doesn't even think about.

Beautiful.

[mdg964]

@dmreeoogdaq That is one of the coolest comments I have ever read on a youtube post! The man is smooooooooth like butter! THis song just makes me smile!

[dmreeoogdaq]

@mdg964 Thank you for the compliment!  I've loved Joe Williams since I was a teenager, and I'm only 41.

[toygnisht]

Class and talent, in equal measure.

[franklinpbailey]

GREAT

[peppersax]

I met Joe Williams back in the late 70's and he was a very nice humble guy. What a difference between him and the bullshit singers who think that God touched them with some sort of talent. Hell, Joe has a mic and and kick ass band behind him. He rules! What we have with all these new singers is a bunch of gymnastics and aerobics going on with much of the time, they're lip singing to some process shit they recorded in the studio. This music will never die!

[Pjinmon]

I had the honor of seeing him live in Seattle just a year or two before he died. Consummate performer. The great American fine art painter Jacob Lawrence was in the audience to see him. I knew it was a most special evening.

[SuperShqiperi]

I like his voice He has borned in the same day with me in 12th decembre

[sugarshula64]

Fabulous.

[Shirl1050]

@sugarshula64

I love Joe Williams velvety voice. He is so smooth. I have been trying to find a song he sang. I believe it was titled "I'm just an ordinary guy" I have been trying to find it for a year. Hope you all can help me out. I believe he sang it in the 90's .

[bimmerfun]

Class Class Class...and SOMKIN', too!

Listen and learn.

[kalkreiniger]

Where's Freddie?

[Streamline09]

Joe Wiliam's introductory remarks indicates one reason Basie was also nicknamed "Holy".

[ladyclwc]

My father introduced me to Mr. Joe Williams after a performance with Joe and Mrs. Nancy Wilson (my all time favorite song stylist)

[MartaBtrp]

Yeeeeeeeeeeee

[susan8163]

The first time I saw Joe Williams was with Basie at BIRDLAND. My friend Rick and I used to go to BIRDLAND a lot! That was in the 50's and now I am 77. Miss those Good ole days.

[lamb7]

@susan8163 I bow to your great experience! Thank you for sharing that. :)

I'm 52 & wish I'd been there.

[patatho]

Joe Williams remains one of the best jazz vocalists, and to put him out in front of what is arguably the best jazz orchestra is simply beautiful. I adore the Basie-Williams collaborations.

[SingersLeader]

Swing it, Joe!!! Wow - the Count and his band - the best!

[rov68]

I have discovered Joe Williams just a few days ago but is a very beatiful discovery, now I'm lookin' for his songs and videos for know him and his music more. great Joe

[Responsibleworks]

Basie died in 1984, and judging from his looks and demeanor, this cannot be from more than 5 years before his death. Williams appeared on Nightline with Ted Koppel on the night Basie died, and he looked about the same that night (I saw him sing in Dallas just hours before the broadcast).

[musik711]

What year is this video from?

[radu83]

does anywone have that recording with aura rully and joe williams?

[Hardbop1955]

I saw Joe Williams sing this song with the Basie band at the Monterey Jazz Fest. back in 1974. I was 19 yrs old. It is one of my fondest memories. Is is not a wonderful world that we had Joe Williams to treasure?

[aquariwake13]

hey all,

joe williams is one of my favorites and as much as i like listening to him, i like watching him sing even more. he puts so much into everything he sings. i saw a video of him with count singing "5 o'clock in the morning", and it was one of the best performances i had ever seen. now i can't find it anywhere. does anybody have any idea where that might be or where i could look? i originally saw the video clip in a jazz history documentary (not ken burns).

[sleepytimegalz]

this was out when I was 16 yrs. old but just as popular today. I loved it then. I love it now. And it IS "classy jazz" friends. The best!!!

[peaceandquietx1000]

Jazz is classy. Dont let some idiot ruin it for you.

[evlmnkybtr]

Thumbs up if you think that Jugoslav is a complete and utterly retarded douchebag. He obviously is inferior to any man, woman, and chimp, on the face of the earth. Black or white, anyone or anything is less of a waste of human life than your sorry, racist ass. And just to let everyone know, I'm as white as blizzard in Alaska and proud to know that I'm not a racist.

[2Young4OldFashioned]

Yeah..so, leave your fucking racist-bullshit comments for the rap videos and not a video filled with gentlemen.

[tytyty858]

i agree 100 percent!!

[jparker17]

so why has this become a forum for racist remarks?

[prunellapussywuggums]

why was I born soooo lateeeeee? what performances to miss--the Count's the greatest & Joe's too good to be true!

[MikePostDrums]

How did the comments on a jazz music video turn into racist remarks, etc.?

[tytyty858]

amaziing. leave it the ignorant Americans to go there. That is why this country will fail! it is already going down the drain. My English relative John Shaw who came to the USA in 1620 is turning in his grave.

Maybe i need to go to Mexico or Canada where they have a much broader perspective.

[undapar1]

@tytyty858, see ya. Our resposibility is to fight the ignorance, not run from it. I had my son, now 17 listening and enjoying Count Basie and Miles when he was 13, now he won't listen to Kanye or snoop.

[rogerstill71]

@MikePostDrums I strongly agree with you and there's far too much of it. What should we do?

[WAMEDJO]

@MikePostDrums

It appears that some people are attracted by the label image of a video but only have a very small interest for what might be seen after clicking on it, apart from that it seems to go in their way, in which case they claim : "See how I'm right". But finally they're just people that want to be loved but don't know how to ask for it.

[EmphaticItalic]

@MikePostDrums Describes Youtube in a nutshell.

[MikePostDrums]

@EmphaticItalic Yeah. I can't believe I actually called this jazz, though.

[Baxocj]

@MikePostDrums u called it jazz? you a e not a real fan >:( its blues D: lol jk your fine just once by accedent is fine :D

[MikePostDrums]

@Baxocj I already commented a year back, that I am ashamed of my comment being the top comment. It's a dumb mistake, but I was uneducated. I was exploring new music and actually thought this was Jazz. Can you really blame me? Haha :)

[Baxocj]

@MikePostDrums nah cant blame u but i know somone i cant blame.... justen beiber blame all on him and obama

[hugleberthumperdink]

just to put an anthropological perspective on this, just to quash what youve been saying. Every living person on earth is descended from Homo sapiens, originating in Eastern Africa. They then migrated out across the globe. Therefore, you are originally, in effect, a black man. Here endeth the lesson.

[Baseplay3r]

Jugoslav, i bet you had big problems when you were young when black people totally drove over you when it came to maths and al the other subjects, so now youre being cool on the internet, but you wouldnt dare to say that in real life, wouldn't you?

P.S. i am not black, just smarter than you

[benevoce1]

Go back to practice drawing swastikas you racist idiot. In case you haven't noticed, the black population has come a long way in the last fifty years in the areas of writing, math, science etc. I find it especially interesting that you commented on writing since you neglected to use proper capitalization or punctuation in your comment. Very scholarly of you. I'm sure one would have to attend a NASCAR event to meet someone of your stature. Get an education & comment back in 4 years dumbass!

[torilynn1307]

my choir sang this last year for a jazz festival. its such a cute song

[170672346]

OK Joe - you win !!!!!!

[moonfaze]

You can search from now til doomsday, and you won't find more beautiful, perfect voices than this man's, AND, Ella Fitzgerald's - no matter what types of music you prefer. They both truly enrich Heaven with their presence.

[Freedomx22]

So right Moonfaze. He preserved his voice much into the latter years of his life. A first rate class act!

[moonfaze]

Ah, yes, like a fine patina! It seems like he got more recognition for his talent as time went on. Beautiful...

[claitontesch]

gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheJazzany]

Wonderful!

He has got a simply amazing voice!

[priscillaofmanila]

A Pure Delight! What a great, great voice...effortlessly fabulous.

[goldenladey]

OOOOOOOOOOOOK !!!!!

[nina1414]

A handsome man and a velvety voice. Oh, my!

They don't make 'em much like that any more.

[BuckieBear]

@nina1414 try Johnny Mathis

[nina1414]

@BuckieBear

Oh, I had a Johnny Mathis LP when I was a kid. I was a strange kid. I had stuff like Judy Garland, Count Basie, Mathis, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Beach Boys, David Cassidy, Neil Diamond.

But big band music is still a big favourite even though I've lost interest in the others. Big band and old style jazz singers like Dinah Washington and Ella.

[bembe31]

wow, check the dapa-padapa-padaapaaii on 1:58, cookin'

[tisha812]

Wow..that was hot! (smile)

[zskandler]

this is so awesome. what a voice.

[pdanese]

awesome

[MILEGULLY]

This is a prime example of how a singer swings lyrics.....could not be any better!

[Elemiriel]

My freshman year one of the guys in jazz sang this for a concert and got so into it he started rolling up his sleeves tec, and by the end of the song his shirt was half unbuttoned, his tie was hanging loose, and his sleeves were up to the elbows, not to mention every girl in the theatre's heart pounding! wooh! what a voice he had! mmhmm! great song!

[ssminopoopy]

Any drummer who wants to learn the shuffle beat should watch this great video. Thanks for posting!

[Mathwiz921]

love this!

[DmitriMironov]

Great peace of music! :)

Great big-band

[dunskie]

Class act right there.

[oohyllab]

Excellence!! Thanks for this great post.

[kazuofromJapan]

Wow! Joe Williams. He is not only a good singer but also good outfit.

As far as I know, two great male singers were born from the Basie orchestra. One is Jimmy Rushing and the other is him.

[MusicMan290]

he has such an incredible range. so relaxed. i love it.

[philburrell]

2 greats, 2 gether, 4ever

[rrjshs5]

Proud to born and raised in Joe Williams' hometown birthplace, Cordele, Georgia!

[kameelahb9]

Joe Williams was such a class act!

[54spiritedwill54]

Magnificent voice, great song!

[ardillita4567]

basie and joe williams fantastico!

[bevrich]

Joe Williams was pure class

[littlebutterfly19]

What year was Ok Alright You Win Released and who sang it first....Please anybody?? Iknow Peggy Lee sang it and made a record of it but what year was that?

[GeoSilverAway]

My Billboard book says it was originated by Count Basie with Joe Williams in 1955, on a single on Clef label #89152.

Peggy hit #68 in 1959 on Capitol. Then she rerecorded it for the 1966 Big Spender LP, which I've posted.

[littlebutterfly19]

Thanks for the info!

[kenslavin1961]

Joe Williams is one of my idols! I love him!

[billiey61]

now this was bad ass jazzz .and nothing touches this .I love this .

[luvs2sh0p46]

we just sang this with the varsity choir at fine arts fest like 20 minutes ago! it was amazing!

[Malik5858]

Man! Now THAT'S music! I love it!

[xuelang234]

What a wonderful show!

[Anon5K]

Joe Williams was one of the nicest people I ever met when I worked at Birdland in 56/57. Count Basie was not.

[sonjacoryat]

Used to go to the Royal Roost in NYC in the early 50's and met a lot of jazz greats. We were broke and used to sit in the free section in back during jam sessions on Sundays. Dizzy often came back during intermission and chatted with us. I believe they changed the name to Birdland a few years later, right?

[Anon5K]

I only knew Birdland by that name. The small sitting area was in front of the bar in the back. Dizzy Gillespie was there often. Buddy Holly used to come alone, with a lively running down the stairs and jumping over to where the entertainers sat by the small round tables. Sam Goody's was across the street. M and M Concessions, ran all the Jazz clubs and some restaurants. Birdland was where they counted the money.

[sk8a95]

dayumm, u've seen dizzy gillespie in person! holy critters. that guys a legend. we learned about him in school. jazz god like louis armstrong

[bigbandbob]

I remember seeing Woody's band at the Royal Roost and then going accross the street to Bop City (The Harem) and saw the Charlie Barnet band ,Wow ,That was in the 50's

Man ,I'm getting OLD!!!

[rhcp211]

God, i wish i could have played with basie.

[bardach1234]

Together, "The Greatest!"

[zajj79]

Utterly outstanding.

[MarkGauvreau]

I saw Joe Williams give a talk at the Library of Congress. 5 star singer 5 star man.

[attabuoy]

If you don't move to this one you need a pair of ears. Solid was Basie. Blues was Joe Williams. Thats music!!

[saxmangeoff]

It doesn't get any better than Count Basie and Joe Williams!

[vinylman4533]

Great song and great band.

[luizoak]

OUTSTANDING!!!

[ardyspong]

Sin palabras, siempre me hagustado la voz de este viejo.

[Trumpetplayer60076]

Joe William was truly a GREAT entertainer. Saw him many times in Chicago. And what can you say about Basie...FANTASTIC! Thanks for posting.

[dunskie]

My little big band does this one. I wiil try to post a video response up on this of us doing it. It's in search under Danny Vitale and Loaded Dice. Joe is my guy.

[Hempus1221]

I would bet that before The Count passed on he fired one of the brass players!! :)

[Joanmhr]

Look's Like U Got the Goods my friend.

[LizzyDouglas]

This is NOT "Big Joe Williams"(1903-1982) but "Joseph Goreed"(Joe Williams) 1918-1999 ! "Cool" rendition !

[haleyfan]

Magnificent voice, great song!

[Sirtain]

i've been looking for this for a long time. thanks for posting it carlosmayfastjumpers

[gabsylv]

Joe Williams--he's only forever!

[djjazziedeb]

I Love These Men!!!

[jedcrowe]

gotta love the sound of that sax section

[agentkuan]

Do you know if this is available on CD or DVD? Or anything else from that concert.

[nickad39]

The DVD "Count Basie At Carnegie Hall" is on Kultur.

[agentkuan]

Thanks brutha.

[14allandall41]

Beautiful voice.

[lalarro1a]

Joe Williams was the man! Smooth as silk, cool as a cucumber.