One O'Clock Jump
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For the 1957 album featuring Count Basie, Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald see One O'clock Jump
One O'Clock Jump is a jazz song written in 1940 by Count Basie, but with arrangement from Eddie Durham and Buster Smith. The initial version is noted for the saxophone work of Herschel Evans and Lester Young; trumpeting by Buck Clayton, Walter Page on bass, and Basie himself on piano.[1] It was reportedly titled "blue ball", at first, but a radio announcer feared that title was too risqué.[2] It was listed in the Songs of the Century.
Rush drummer Neil Peart uses this standard to conclude his drum solos in live concerts since 2002.
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[edit] Appearance in film and television[3]
- The Tuskegee Airmen
- The Grass Harp (1995 film version)
- Harlem Nights
- Enigma
