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    Tribute to Count Basie

    Jimmy McGriff - Tribute to Count Basie

    02/28/1966


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    All Music Guide Review

    Organist Jimmy McGriff's debut recording for the Solid State label (which has been reissued on a 1996 Laserlight CD) was also his first of many with a big band. McGriff pays tribute to the Count Basie Orchestra by performing ten songs from the Basie book (both of the 1940s and '50s) with a large group that includes many Basie veterans. The orchestra is mostly used as a prop, however, for McGriff is generally the main soloist on such tunes as Buster Harding's "Hob Nail Boogie," "Swingin' the Blues," "Cute," "Avenue C" and "L'il Darlin.'" Matching the leader's powerful organ with a big band was a logical idea and one that would be successfully repeated quite a few times in the future. This budget CD gives one a good sampling of Jimmy McGriff's playing. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

    Tribute to Count Basie Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 2
  • Cherry Point
  • 3:52
  • Sound Clip for Cherry Point from Tribute to Count Basie


  • 4
  • Cute
  • 3:25
  • Sound Clip for Cute from Tribute to Count Basie


  • 5
  • Every Day
  • 4:02
  • Sound Clip for Every Day from Tribute to Count Basie


  • 6
  • Blues Go Away
  • 3:27
  • Sound Clip for Blues Go Away from Tribute to Count Basie


  • 7
  • Avenue C
  • 2:54
  • Sound Clip for Avenue C from Tribute to Count Basie


  • 8
  • Lil' Darlin'
  • 4:23
  • Sound Clip for Lil' Darlin' from Tribute to Count Basie


  • 9
  • Splanky
  • 3:17
  • Sound Clip for Splanky from Tribute to Count Basie


  • 10
  • Slow But Sure
  • 4:30
  • Sound Clip for Slow But Sure from Tribute to Count Basie


  • Credits of Tribute to Count Basie



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