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Richard "Groove" Holmes.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
Richard "Groove" Holmes. On Basie's Bandstand. Prestige PRCD-11028-2, 2003.
The title of this album is a bit confusing at first--why would Count Basie have an organist on his bandstand? But the bandstand referred to in the album title was not the one that Basie himself occupied; it was, rather, the one in the Harlem club that Basie owned, a bandstand that was often occupied by top-notch organ trios such as the one led by Richard "Groove" Holmes. When Holmes played the Count Basie Lounge in the spring of 1966, the performance was recorded for release on the Prestige Label (Living Soul, PR 7468 [1966], reissued on CD as one-half of the program on Legends of Acid Jazz: Spicy, PRCD-24222-2 [1999]). This collection consists of performances from that same evening that were not included on the previous compact disc issues, all of them midtempo or up-tempo numbers. Holmes was known to prefer more sentimental material, but he shines on ...
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...From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) THE renowned Count Basie Orchestra, which is celebrating its 100th birthday...created lives on through the superb orchestra that bears Count Basie's name. But the orchestra doesn't only pay tribute...
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...at 7:30 p.m. The world famous Count Basie Orchestra returns from its sold-out...attendance, but also see the world famous Count Basie Orchestra. It's definitely a once...relationships. You don't just call Count Basie Orchestra and tell them to come over...
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