myLot Discussions on Count Basie Box Sets | | Favorite Count Basie song? | | For me, I would definitely have to say "Blue Skies". The piano and jazz that goes with it is so amazing! | |
| | Jazz drummer Louis Bellson died | | http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29235367/[i]"LOS ANGELES - Big band and jazz drummer Louie Bellson, a master musician who performed with such greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and his late wife, Pearl Bailey, has died. He was 84.Bellson died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications of Parkinson's disease following a broken hip in November, according to his wife, Francine.Bellson's career spanned more than six decades, performing on more than 200 albums with jazz greats including Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Oscar Peterson, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong."[/i]another great loss in music.. rip | |
| | here's a fun excercise: | | With your portable device on shuffle...write down the first ten songs that come up when you skip ahead. I'm curious to see what kinds of music people like to carry around with them on portable devices. Here's mine:1) Stockholm Syndrome -White Dirt
2) Widespread Panic - The Other One (Cryptical Envelopment)
3) Runaway Truck Ramp - Parallel Lines
4) Yonder Mountain String Band - Follow Me Down to the River
5) Coldplay - The Scientist
6) String Cheese Incident -Rond The Wheel of Life
7) Little Feat - d02t03
8) Widespread Panic - The Take Out
9) Widepread Panic - Travelin Man
10) Duke Ellington and Count Basie - Battle RoyalHave a Grateful Day!!!!!!! | |
| | Songs Of The Century | | The list, in the order of votes received. Each song is followed by the name of an artist who made a recording of the song.Title Artist
1. "Over the Rainbow" Judy Garland
2. "White Christmas" Bing Crosby
3. "This Land Is Your Land" Woody Guthrie
4. "Respect" Aretha Franklin
5. "American Pie" Don McLean
6. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" The Andrews Sisters
7. West Side Story (Album) Original Cast
8. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Billy Murray
9. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers
10. "The Entertainer" Scott Joplin
11. "In the Mood" Glenn Miller Orchestra
12. "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets
13. "When the Saints Go Marching In" Louis Armstrong
14. "You Are My Sunshine" Jimmie Davis
15. "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin
16. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones
17. "Take the A Train" Duke Ellington Orchestra
18. "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino
19. "God Bless America " Kate Smith
20. "Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa's Band
21. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye
22. "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
23. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco " Tony Bennett
24. "Good Vibrations"... | |
| | did you chaperone any class trips this year with your kids and if so where? | | today is the third class trip i will be going on with my son's kindergarten class. we are going to count basie theatre here in red bank, nj to see SEUSSICAL. i think the kids will love it as will i. we also went on a pumpkin picking/petting zoo trip and to a farm where they teach the children all about the crops that grow and how to make pies and all about the different pumpkins and squashes that grow in the area. they will be great memories for me and i know my son loves having me there. | |
| | Unused Big Band Sheet Music? | | Hi
I am looking for some sheet music for my band.
We play big band/ jazz sort of music (think Glenn Miller, Count Basie) and we are in desperate need of some more music.
We do it for the love of it, not the money, so we have limited funds to buy new stuff.
I was wondering if anyone has access to music they don't play anymore. For example, bands no longer playing, or schools.
I would be willing to negotiate for the cost of shipping, but I am afraid I am unable to offer much (if anything) in the way of payment.
Please have a think about it and let me know. | |
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