Basie, Count - April in Paris VRVB003705501.1

Basie, Count - April in Paris VRVB003705501.1Vinyl LP pressing of this album from the Jazz icon. Hailed as an instant classic, this is big band heaven and one of the greatest opening tracks on any album. The album oozes swing and helped reconnect jazz lovers with one of the finest bands of the swing era. Yet there is nothing retrospective in this album; it is alive with vitality, elegance, sophistication and modernity. Tip of the hat to Freddie Green, the man who established the rhythm guitar as

2 Buddha of Suburbia

the singer with the heavy-lidded voice that feels alien and familiar at the same time

5 If There Is No Question

as the great composer/arranger/pianist and his matchless orchestra took full advantage of the possibilities afforded by magnetic tape recording and the still-new 33 1/3 RPM LP to

Mastered from original archive tapes

At Night 2

Sound Dimension – Drum Song

(limited worldwide to under 1500 of each color)

For as far apart as these places may seem

and that—perhaps coupled with the presence of formidable co-headliners The Who—sparked some of the band’s finest performances of the period

and forced to lock down

Hug Of Thunder is everything BSS fans love from the Canadian collective and then some