Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra

Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra
Live album by Diane Schuur
Released	1987
Recorded	February 25, 1987
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	40:30
Label	GRP
Producer	Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen
Diane Schuur chronology
Timeless (1986) Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (1987) Talkin' 'bout You' (1988)

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Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra is a 1987 live album by Diane Schuur, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Frank Foster.^[2]

Three years after Count Basie's death, the Count Basie Orchestra is featured here as a ghost band, led by Frank Foster.^[3] This was also the last performance of Freddie Green, who died a week later.^[4]

At the Grammy Awards of 1988, for her performance on Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra, Schuur won her second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Deedles' Blues" (Morgan Ames) – 3:30
2. "Caught a Touch of Your Love" (James Best (A.K.A. James Bugno), Craig Bickhardt, Jack Keller) – 3:13
3. "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 4:24
4. "I Just Found Out About Love" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:45
5. "Travelin' Blues" (Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck) – 4:04
6. "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:09
7. "You Can Have It" (Ames, Frank Foster) – 3:25
8. "Only You" (Ames, Bob Florence) – 4:44
9. "Everyday" (Peter Chatman) – 3:09
10. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 4:06
11. "Until I Met You" (Freddie Green, Don Wolf) – 2:53
12. "Climbing Higher Mountains" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:34

Personnel

Performance

• Diane Schuur - vocals, piano
• Count Basie Orchestra:
• Frank Foster - arranger, tenor saxophone
• Lynn Seaton - double bass
• Dennis Mackrel - drums
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Danny House - alto saxophone
• Danny Turner
• John Williams - baritone saxophone
• Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
• Kenny Hing
• Clarence Banks - trombone
• Bill Hughes - bass trombone
• Mel Wanzo - lead trombone
• Dennis Wilson - trombone
• Sonny Cohn - trumpet
• Melton Mustafa
• Bob Ojeda
• Byron Stripling

Production

• Dave Grusin - executive producer
• Larry Rosen
• Robert DeLaGarza - assistant engineer
• Bill-Dog Dooley
• Mark McKenna
• Mike Morongell
• Claudio Ordenes
• Andy Baltimore - design, creative director
• David Gibb - design
• Dave Kunze
• Ivan Salgado
• Dan Serrano
• Bruce Botnick - digital editing, editing
• Allen Sides - engineer
• Takao Ogawa - liner notes
• John S. Wilson
• Aaron A. Woodward - management
• Wally Traugott - mastering
• Judy Clapp - mixing, mixing assistant
• Don Murray - mixing
• Glenn Wexler photography, cover photo
• Mike Johnson - photography
• Janet Van Ham
• Jeffrey Weber

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra at Allmusic
3. ^ Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra at Allmusic
4. ^ Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra at Allmusic
5. ^ Grammy Awards Data Base: Diane Schuur