Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra

Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra
Live album by Diane Schuur
Released 1987
Recorded February 25, 1987
Genre Vocal jazz
Length 40:30
Label GRP
Producer Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen
Diane Schuur chronology
Timeless
(1986)		 Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra
(1987)		 Talkin' 'bout You'
(1988)
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Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra is a 1987 live album by Diane Schuur, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Frank Foster.[2]

Three years after Count Basie's death, the Count Basie Orchestra is featured here as a ghost band, led by Frank Foster.[3] This was also the last performance of Freddie Green, who died a week later.[4]

At the Grammy Awards of 1988, for her performance on Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra, Schuur won her second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.[5]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Deedles' Blues" (Morgan Ames) – 3:30
  2. "Caught a Touch of Your Love" (James Best (A.K.A. James Bugno), Craig Bickhardt, Jack Keller) – 3:13
  3. "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 4:24
  4. "I Just Found Out About Love" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:45
  5. "Travelin' Blues" (Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck) – 4:04
  6. "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:09
  7. "You Can Have It" (Ames, Frank Foster) – 3:25
  8. "Only You" (Ames, Bob Florence) – 4:44
  9. "Everyday" (Peter Chatman) – 3:09
  10. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 4:06
  11. "Until I Met You" (Freddie Green, Don Wolf) – 2:53
  12. "Climbing Higher Mountains" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:34

Personnel

Performance

Production

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra at Allmusic
  3. ^ Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra at Allmusic
  4. ^ Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra at Allmusic
  5. ^ Grammy Awards Data Base: Diane Schuur