The Complete Decca Recordings
By: Count Basie
Price: $26.49
Ellington's band had more grace and elegance, but not a big band swung harder than the incomparable Basie band. Between 1937 and 1939, including 63 classics feature a host of legendary musicians: Herschel Evans' big-toned Recorded, balances earthy ethereal tenor Lester Young's tenor. Supplement Harry "Sweets" Edison, Buck Clayton rising blares muted trumpet. Jimmy Rushing's nasal, booming operatics Unlike Helen Humes is precise elegance. The Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones, the rhythm section perfectly anchors the driving 4 / 4 rhythm. And of course there is the market leader minimalist piano, with just the right, essential mix of boogie-woogie and step. These three discs are studded with what are jazz standards and should be a cornerstone of a music library. - Marc Greilsamer
Price: $26.49
Ellington's band had more grace and elegance, but not a big band swung harder than the incomparable Basie band. Between 1937 and 1939, including 63 classics feature a host of legendary musicians: Herschel Evans' big-toned Recorded, balances earthy ethereal tenor Lester Young's tenor. Supplement Harry "Sweets" Edison, Buck Clayton rising blares muted trumpet. Jimmy Rushing's nasal, booming operatics Unlike Helen Humes is precise elegance. The Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones, the rhythm section perfectly anchors the driving 4 / 4 rhythm. And of course there is the market leader minimalist piano, with just the right, essential mix of boogie-woogie and step. These three discs are studded with what are jazz standards and should be a cornerstone of a music library. - Marc Greilsamer