Count Basie Orchestra, Rosemary Clooney "I Want to Be A Sideman"

Track n.7 from "At Long Last" - Rosemary Clooney - Count Basie Orchestra directed by Grover Mitchell. Concord Jazz 1998

Written by: Dave Frishberg (1997)
 
I want to be a sideman
Just an ordinary sideman
A go along for the ride man
Responsibility free

I wanna fill behind the vocal
Double on flute
Jam on the blues
I wanna go and join the local
Buy a dark suit
Stock payin' dues

I want to maintain my book
In neatly numbered order
I want to listen to Lester Young
On my recorder
I want to play while the people dance
I wanna press my own coat and pants
I wanna ask for an advance
I wanna be a sideman

I wanna be a sideman
Just a highly qualified man
A real professional pride man
Old indispensible me

Now I can cut whatever comes up
Fake and transpose
Won't make a fuss
I wanna set the vibes and drums up
Sightread the shows
Sleep on the bus

I want to spend all my time
With music and musicians
I wanna go out and grab a smoke
On intermissions
I want to sleep in the afternoons
And let the leader call all the tunes
I wanna be young
I wanna have fun
I want to be a sideman

I want to work for a superstar
I wanna hang in the hotel bar
I wanna be young
I wanna have fun
....
I want to be a sideman!

soloists: Scotty Barnhart (trumpet) / Gary Foster (tenor sax)

Terence Conley (p) John Oddo (b) Butch Miles (d) Will Matthew (g) John Lekson (as & fl) Kenny Hing (ts & cl) Brad Leali (as) Doug Miller (ts, fl) John Williams (bs) David Kleim (tb) Clarence Banks (tb) William Hughes (bass tb) Avin Walker II (tb) Michael Williams (t) Scotty Barnhart (t) Shawn Edmonds (t) Bob Ojeda (t)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rosemary
• clooney
• want
• to
• be
• sideman
• count
• basie
• orchestra
• big
• band
• swing
• dave
• frishberg
• jazz
• lyrics
• songbook
• butch
• miles
• grover
• mitchell
• concord

[shrlchovan]

nice rendition.  thank for uploading

[OldRabit]

Awesome!!! I really enjoy it!