Count Basie - Count Basie Orchestra Swings the Blues

Count Basie
Count Basie Orchestra Swings the Blues
Candid 33312 - CD

Led by musical director Scotty Barnhart, the Count Basie Orchestra keeps Basie’s unmistakable style alive and thriving around the world. In the great traction of the Basie Swings albums comes this explosive album of collaborations with some of the greatest living blues and jazz artists, Basie Swings The Blues. In preparation for these sessions, Barnhart took a pilgrimage to the Mississippi Delta to immerse himself in the land where blues began. The resulting album is joyful mix of downhome blues with the deep swing and sophistication that only The Count Basie Orchestra can provide. As Count Basie famously once said, “our blues will make your blues go away.”
Produced by Barnhart along with Grammy-winning producer John Burk (Ray Charles Genius Love Company), and Grammy-winning drummer/producer Steve Jordan (The Rolling Stones), the album brings together Buddy Guy, Bobby Rush, Keb’ Mo’, Shemekia Copeland, Robert Cray, Charlie Musselwhite, Betty LaVette, Ledisi, George Benson, and others to bring the blues and swing back together for a set that jumps and jives with an energy not heard since Louis Jordan and T-Bone Walker lit up stages in the ’40s and ’50s.

   Track Listings:
Let's Have a Good Time - w/ Castro "Mr. Sipp" Coleman 
Boogie in the Dark - w/ Bobby Rush 
I'm a Woman - w/ Shemekia Copeland, Buddy Guy, & Charlie Musselwhite 
Down Home Blues - w/ Keb' Mo' & Lauren Mitchell 
Stormy Monday - w/ Bettye LaVette 
The Midnight Hour - w/ Robert Cray 
Dirty Mississippi Blues - w/ Castro "Mr. Sipp" Coleman 
The Patton Basie Shuffle - w/ Charlton Johnson 
Evil Gal Blues - w/ Ledisi 
Look What You've Done - w/ Jamie Davis 
Just For a Thrill - w/ Carmen Bradford 
Rock Candy - w/ George Benson 

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