Count Basie & His Orchestra “The Atomic Mr. Basie” EP - Columbia Records, UK (1957).

Like a good scotch I like a good Jazz record. Smooth, with a sophisticated bite, or with a little bit of age so as to taste and savor a bit of the barrel’s flavor and characteristics. I enjoy these qualities in my Jazz records, too, and Verve Records has been known to be a fine label when it comes to Jazz music; sophisticated and exciting all within the same rhythm of breath and beat.
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Count Basie Orchestra “Miss Thing Parts I & II” 78 RPM Single - Vocalion Records, US (1939).
Count Basie & His Orchestra “Basie’s Beatle Bag” LP - Verve Records, UK (1966).
Count Basie & His Orchestra “April In Paris” LP - Verve Records, US (1957).
Count Basie “King Of Swing” LP - Verve Records (1954).
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