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Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Don't The Moon Look Lonesome?


Detail from "The Trysting Tree" by John Atkinson Grimshaw



One for autumn. "Sent For You Yesterday" recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra in 1938. Vocal by the great Jimmy Rushing.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

BW,
I love this period in the history of the Count Basie Orchestra! Does it swing!! Yeah, the great Jimmy Rushing, Harry Edison, Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Jo Jones, Buck Clayton to name just a few . . . ACE!!

Marie

23 October 2014 at 00:58
boogiewoody said...

Cheers Marie. This is one record I just can't get out of my head. Looks like I'm going to have to dig out more Basie from the vinyl vault soon ...

23 October 2014 at 01:05

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