Count Basie - Good Time Blues: Complete Live In Bahams & Las Vegas 1969 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

37 tracks across 2CDs, features brilliant stereo sound and a 16-page booklet, with some tracks appearing for the first time ever on CD. Count Basie's career was revived in late 1957 thanks to the success of the Neal Hefti arranged LP Atomic Basie, which became one of his biggest hits. From then on, the Count Basie orchestra flourished as proven by the two 1969 complete club sets presented here, recorded within two weeks of each other live at La Cabaret Casino in Nassau and the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. Among the outstanding soloists are the great Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Basie himself, and, on the Las Vegas engagement, guest star trumpet soloist Harry "Sweets" Edison. Most of the Nassau tracks appear here for the first time ever on CD. "This set features updated takes on the Basie songbook's greatest instrumental hits. The music is, of course, great, and the players respond to the excitement of the live audience." - * AllMusic Album Tracks 1. Introduction to the First Set 2. All of Me 3. Frankie and Johnny 4. Cute #1 5. Lonely Street 6. Cherokee 7. Does Anyone Ever Win? 8. A Night in Tunisia 9. Li'l Darlin' #1 10. Blues in Hoss' Flat 11. Introduction to the Second Set/Splanky 12. Hittin' Twelve 13. One Mint Julep 14. Bye Bye Blackbird 15. The Midnight Sun Never Sets 16. Boone Talk 17. I Got Rhythm 18. The Magic Flea 1. Good Time Blues 2. April in Paris 3. Basie 4. Li'l Darlin' #2 5. Cute #2 6. One O'Clock Jump #1 7. Down for Double 8. Li'l Darlin' #3 9. Broadway 10. Jive at Five 11. Cherry Point 12. Jumpin' at the Woodside 13. One O'Clock Jump #2 14. Shiny Stockings 15. Blue and Sentimental 16. Every Tub 17. Corner Pocket 18. The Kid from Red Bank 19. One O'Clock Jump #3