Complete Live At The Crescendo 1958 - Limited 5CD Boxset (CD)

LIMITED EDITION DELUXE 5-CD BOX SET INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET! This superb 5-CD collection compiles all existing live recordings made by the Atomic band at the Crescendo Club, in Hollywood, in the summer of 1958, for the first time ever on a single edition. The sound quality is excellent throughout the set. 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. The orchestra was filled with stars, and Joe Williams' vocals were heard to great effect supported by Hefti's excellent scores and the superb quality of the band. This long unavailable material includes amazing extended live versions of many of the perennial Hefti arrangements, plus a variety of songs that formed part of the orchestra's repertoire at the time, and Sammy Davis Jr. As a guest star singing with the band on Ray Charles' "Hallelujah, I Love Her So". As a bonus, the soundtrack from a complete 17-minute TV show featuring the same band shortly before it started the Crescendo engagement. The comprehensive booklet contains detailed information, as well as a rare Count Basie interview published in Down Beat during the band's stay at the Crescendo.

Track List

1. MOTEN SWING #1
2. CUTE #1
3. SWEETIE CAKES
4. INDIAN SUMMER
5. JUMPIN’ AT THE WOODSIDE #1
6. PLYMOUTH ROCK #1
7. FLIGHT OF THE FOO BIRDS
8. LI’L DARLING #1
9. LOW LIFE
10. WHIRLY-BIRD #1
11. SWINGIN’ THE BLUES
12. BLUE ON BLUE #1
13. NO MOON AT ALL
14. WELL ALL RIGHT OKAY YOU WIN
15. FANCY MEETING YOU
16. SLATS
17. H.R.H. [HER ROYAL HIGHNESS] #1
18. DUET
19. TEDDY THE TOAD #1
20. SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE
21. PENSIVE MISS
22. ONE O’CLOCK JUMP #1
23. COUNTING THE BLUES
24. LULLABY OF BIRDLAND
25. I’VE GOT A GIRL
26. YOU’RE A MEMORY
27. SCOOT
28. WHO ME?
29. THE KID FROM RED BANK #1
30. LATE DATE
31. STOP PRETTY BABY
32. GEE BABY AIN’T I GOOD TO YOU
33. SHINY STOCKINGS #1
34. APRIL IN PARIS
35. BLUES IN FRANKIE’S FLAT
36. IN A MELLOW TONE #1
37. TWO TIME LOVER 19 FANTAIL
38. HALLELUJAH I LOVE HER SO
39. CORNER POCKET #1
40. MY BABY UPSETS ME
41. CHERRY POINT
42. EVERY DAY
43. HOW HIGH THE MOON #1
44. FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING
45. BLUE ON BLUE #2
46. THE COMEBACK
47. WHIRLY-BIRD #2
48. THOU SWELL
49. TEACH ME TONIGHT
50. MOTEN SWING #2
51. PIGALLE LOVE
52. ONE O’CLOCK JUMP #2
53. G’WAN AWAY
54. YOGI [aka YOHL]
55. BAG-A-BONES #1
56. ONE O’CLOCK JUMP #3
57. SPRING IS HERE #1
58. BABY BABY ALL THE TIME
59. LITTLE PONY #1
60. OL’ MAN RIVER #1
61. THE MIDGETS
62. WHIRLY-BIRD #3
63. BASIE-BOOGIE
64. THE DEACON
65. CUTE #2
66. OL’ MAN RIVER #2
67. THE KID FROM RED BANK #2
68. SPRING IS HERE #2
69. WHY NOT?
70. CORNER POCKET #2
71. LITTLE PONY #2
72. BLEE BLOP BLUES
73. BUBBLES
74. HOW HIGH THE MOON #2
75. YOU’RE NOT THE KIND
76. TEDDY THE TOAD #2
77. JUMPIN’ AT THE WOODSIDE #2
78. BLUES BACKSTAGE
79. PEACE PIPE
80. PLYMOUTH ROCK #2
81. SHINY STOCKINGS #2
82. H.R.H. [HER ROYAL HIGHNESS] #2
83. BAG-A-BONES #2
84. IN A MELLOW TONE #2
85. WHIRLY-BIRD (*)
86. CUTE (*)
87. THOU SWELL (*)
88. FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (*)
89. BLEE BLOP BLUES (*)
90. ONE O’CLOCK JUMP (*)