God bless you for posting this rare video. I'm a baby boomer and was lucky enough to see the Count live. When you think of big bands you don't think of a number like this - sublety and nuance. This is epitomy of Basie - quiet music, soloists... yet working as a team knowing that there is a rocking rhymn section, always, at the ready and a band that can expode on a dime.
The drummer is Sonny Payne.
tlewis1922 3 weeks ago
I wish I could find a drummer like Sonny Payne . . . I just love his energy!
sdh74 3 months ago
happy birthday count basie
Perfectcontrol69 5 months ago
The other flutist is Eric Dixon...which is to sayof the two soloists...look on the FAR right where there's a third one: Charlie Fowlkes.
hmengland41 6 months ago
The other flutist is Eric Dixon...
hmengland41 6 months ago
Frank Wess is the flute player at right; who is the other flute player? Song is"The Swinging Shepherd Blues" by Toronto's Moe Kaufman.
ghairraigh 7 months ago
Frank Wess is the flute player at right; who is the other flute player?
ghairraigh 7 months ago
can't thank you enough for posting this
fastborzoi 7 months ago
Love the way the drummer spins the stick in the air and catches it at the very end.
This band is the epitome of coolness.
drilett 9 months ago
God bless you for posting this rare video. I'm a baby boomer and was lucky enough to see the Count live. When you think of big bands you don't think of a number like this - sublety and nuance. This is epitomy of Basie - quiet music, soloists... yet working as a team knowing that there is a rocking rhymn section, always, at the ready and a band that can expode on a dime.
mickeyogi 1 year ago