Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board Artist: Count Basie
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724358166422
EAN: 0724358166422
ASIN: B00009AHLM


Release Date: 2003-06-26

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Listmania:

  1. The Best Atomic Count Basie
  2. Swingin' the Blues

Tracks:

  1. Blues In Hoss' Flat
  2. H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness)
  3. Segue In C
  4. Kansas City Shout
  5. Speaking Of Sounds
  6. TV Time
  7. Who, Me?
  8. The Deacon
  9. Half Moon Street
  10. Mutt & Jeff
  11. Fair And Warmer
  12. Moten Swing

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  1. The Complete Atomic Basie
  2. Live at the Sands
  3. Straight Ahead
  4. The Basie Big Band (20 Bit Mastering)
  5. First Time: The Count Meets the Duke

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Focus Is On Joyful Blues.......2007-03-18

Another great recording in Basie's career coming at the time of his classic Live At Newport album, the Atomic Basie, captures him in this very fertile period swinging with primarily the blues on this stellar collection. This rebuilt Basie band now on Roulette(Blue Note) had their own great composers moving away from the earlier freelance collaborations with Neil Hefti and Quincy Jones on their few prior releases.
Blues had been a staple of Basie and 6 0f the original 10 tracks are blues now augmented with an additional 2 bonus tracks from the original sessions coming from Chicago and New York City throughout 1958.
The 24 bit sound is great, the band stellar,the packaging and notes a winner making this one of the finer big band jazz Lps of any day.

5 out of 5 stars Hear ye! Hear ye!...the most explosive force in jazz.......2006-02-19

This is the band of bands...every aspect of a well oiled machine at work...from the flawless four piece rhythm section to the mammoth reeds...this project breathes and smokes nothing but fire...sit back, relax, and hold on...

WEH

5 out of 5 stars The Definition of Swing.......2004-01-28

This is by far the best album available of Basie's "New Testiment" band. I definitely prefer this set over the more popular "Complete Atomic Basie" album. The arrangements are true to the Basie idiom, and stick to swinging the blues. The soloists sound inspired throughout, not to mention the virtuosic section work (dig that sax section!). Sonny Payne also is at his best here, playing very tastefully and accurately. Also, they did a marvelous job with the remastering of this album. The sound is crystal clear. I don't think I have ever heard the Basie rhythm section sound more clear than on this album. You can hear every little nuance of what Basie, Green, Jones, and Payne do during the songs. This album is what jazz is all about, and I highly recommend picking this one up today!

5 out of 5 stars A brilliant set of swinging blues.......2003-08-23

This Roulette remaster of Count Basie's "Chairman Of the Board" is not only the Basie band at its finest, but a CD that's the closest to being flawless of any in my collection right now. Everything -- the arrangements, audio quality and especially the performing -- comes together.

Tenor saxophonist Frank Foster, trumpeter Thad Jones and alto sax/flutist Frank Wess wrote and arranged all but one of the 10 tracks from the original album (the CD reissue also has two bonus cuts), and the result is the perfect blend of shining songwriting and powerful improvs.

Case in point: Foster's classic "Blues In Hoss' Flat," a tremendous machine powered by Sonny Payne's energetic but restrained drumming. It features grooving solos by trumpeter Joe Newman and trombonist Henry Coker. And its pace is the perfect demonstration of the "in-the-pocket" tempo Basie preferred for his songs -- quick enough to swing and jump, but steady enough that everybody can dig the beat.

Jones provides another winner in "H.R.H," a shimmering instrumental that opens in a fanfare of trumpets, then showcases a nice Al Grey trombone passage, before letting Grey and the saxes build the drama, which climaxes with a forceful trumpet finale. "Kansas City Shout," by Basie's former sax player Ernie Wilkins, is another gem, with a riveting arrangement bouncing the trumpets off the saxes.

And Jones's track "The Deacon" is simply holy -- a passionate, brilliantly-arranged set of swinging blues that showcases the author's -- and trombonist Grey's -- abilities to make their instruments sing like rapturous churchgoer. Taking its time here, framed by a long F note held by the horns -- the band builds to a wonderful climax.

Any cut on this edition of "Chairman Of the Board" can be considered the highlight of the album, depending upon your taste. There are no "average" tracks. Every piece shows brilliant musicianship, every song is quintessential Basie, benefiting from its leader's terrific sense of pace (and sometimes from the leader's piano -- coming in at just the right moments.)

There's a moment which you put a CD (or cassette or LP) into the player, and it blows you away. "Chairman Of the Board" did that for me.

5 out of 5 stars "re-mastered sound is pure Basie".......2003-06-24

Now let's take a musical journey back to March, April and December of 1958 with the "Chairman of the Board", featuring Mr. Count Basie and his dynamic group of swinging musicians. Can't recall a better blend or sound coming from any band during that period of Jazz. Basie had a sound that couldn't be duplicated ~ oh many have tried, but there was something about the Count sitting at the piano and each member of the band taking part in this excursion of distinctive pleasure.

Take for instance "SEGUE IN C", composed by Frank Wess (alto sax, flute) is typical Basie, each cue is laid back with the Count answering with his plunk of the keyboard. Another tune "KANSAS CITY SHOUT", gives the band a total workout, as they respond to the occasion with a hip sound of brass.

Total Time: 48:04 on 12 Tracks ~ Roulette Jazz 81664 ~ (6/24/2003)

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