Count Plays Duke – Count Basie Orchestra

Count Plays Duke – Count Basie Orchestra

Label: MAMA Records (**Download format only**)

Catalog number: M1024

Tracks:

01 Take the 'A' Train
comp: Billy Strayhorn
02 It Don't Mean a Thing (if It Ain't Got that Swing)
comp: Edward Duke Ellington
03 I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
comp: Edward Duke Ellington
04 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
comp: Edward Duke Ellington
05 Just Squeeze Me But Don't Tease Me
comp: Edward Duke Ellington
06 Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
comp: Edward Duke Ellington
07 The Star-Crossed Lovers
comp: Edward Duke Ellington
08 Love You Madly
comp: Edward Duke Ellington
09 In a Sentimental Mood
comp: Edward Duke Ellington
10 Cottontail
comp: Edward Duke Ellington
11 Paris Blues
comp: Edward Duke Ellington
12 Mood Indigo
comp: Edward Duke Ellington
13 I'm Just a Lucky So and So
comp: Edward Duke Ellington

This recording was a 1999 Grammy Award Winner!!

The MAMA debut of the 17-time Grammy winner Count Basie Orchestra is a new recording of 13 Duke Ellington classics played in the swinging Basie style. On Count Plays Duke, the number one big band of the ’90s performs classics such as It Don’t Mean A Thing, Take the ‘A’ Train, Cottontail, Mood Indigo and others. The New York Post hails, There is no greater big band working today than the Count Basie Band.