- Our Shining Hour
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Our Shining Hour 
Studio album by Sammy Davis, Jr. Released 1965 Recorded September 2–5, 1964, New York City Genre Vocal jazz Length 42:42 Label Verve Producer Jim Davis Sammy Davis, Jr. chronology The Nat King Cole Songbook
(1964)Our Shining Hour
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[1]Our Shining Hour is a 1965 studio album by Sammy Davis, Jr., accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Quincy Jones.[2]
In 1973 Davis re-recorded his vocal lines from Our Shning Hour, it was released by MGM Records as Sammy Davis Jr. and Count Basie.
Track listing
- "My Shining Hour" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:10
- "Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul) – 3:05
- "Work Song" (Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown, Jr.) – 2:12
- "Why Try to Change Me Now?" (Cy Coleman, Joseph Allan McCarthy) – 3:24
- "Blues for Mr. Charlie" (Bobby Sharp) – 3:43
- "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 2:45
- "New York City Blues" (Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee) – 2:51
- "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You" (James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan, Larry Stock) – 2:58
- "She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N)" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) – 2:21
- "The Girl from Ipanema" (Vinícius de Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel) – 4:07
- "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:51
- "Bill Basie Won't You Please Come Home" (Count Basie, Sammy Davis Jr., Jones) – 2:38
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano, bandleader
- Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor
- George Rhodes - arranger
- Al Aarons - trumpet
- Sonny Cohn
- Wallace Davenport
- Joe Newman
- Snooky Young
- Henderson Chambers - trombone
- Henry Coker
- Bill Hughes
- Grover Mitchell
- Marshall Royal - clarinet, alto saxophone
- Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
- Sal Nistico
- Charles Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Frank Wess - saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Ray Brown - double bass
- Sonny Payne - drums
- Emil Richards - percussion
References
Members Sammy Nestico (Tenor Sax) · Joe Williams (Vocals) · Earle Warren (Alto Sax/Occasional Singer) · Preston Love (Alto Sax) · Reunald Jones (Trumpet) · Neal Hefti, (Trumpet) · Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet) · Joe Newman (Trumpet) · Lester Young (Tenor Sax) · Herschel Evans (Tenor Sax) · Jo Jones (Drums) · Walter Page (Bass) · Freddie Green (Guitar) · Billie Holiday (Vocals) · Buck Clayton (Trumpet) · Jimmy Rushing (Vocals) · Marshall Royal (Alto Sax) · Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Tenor Sax) · Thad Jones (Trumpet) · Al Grey (Trombone) · John Clayton (Bass) · Cleveland Eaton (Bass) · Dennis Rowland (Vocals) · Chris Murrell (vocals) Dave Gibson (Drums) Rich Thompson (Drums) · Jack Washington (Baritone Sax) · Butch Miles (Drums) · Sonny Payne (Drums) · Frank Foster (Tenor Sax) · George Caldwell (Piano) • Charlton Johnson (Guitar) • Tony Suggs (Piano) • Scotty Barnhart (Trumpet) • James Leary (Bass) • Brian Gryce (Drums) • Will Matthews (guitar)
1951–1960 Dance Session (1952–54, Clef) · Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (with Joe Williams|) (1955, Clef) · April in Paris (1955–56, Verve) · The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards (with Joe Williams) (1956, Verve) · Basie in London (live) (1956, Verve) · One O'Clock Jump (with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald) (1957, Verve) · Count Basie at Newport (live) (1957, Verve) · E = MC² (1958, Roulette) · Basie Plays Hefti (1958, Roulette) · No Count Sarah (with Sarah Vaughan) (1958, EmArcy) · Chairman of the Board (1958, Roulette) · Welcome to the Club (Nat King Cole) (1959, Capitol) · Basie and Eckstine, Inc. (with Billy Eckstine) (1959, Roulette) · Strike Up the Band (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Roulette) · In Person! (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Columbia) · Everyday I Have the Blues (with Joe Williams) (1959, Roulette) · The Count Basie Story (1960, Roulette)
1961–1970 First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with Duke Ellington) (1961, Columbia) · The Legend (1961, Roulette) · Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (with Sarah Vaughan) (1961, Roulette) · Basie at Birdland (live) (1961, Roulette) · On My Way and Shoutin' Again! (Verve, 1963) · Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (with Frank Sinatra) (1962, Reprise) · Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! (1963, Verve) · This Time by Basie: Hits of the '50s and '60s (1963, Verve) · Ella and Basie! (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1963, Verve) · Basie Land (1964, Verve) · It Might as Well Be Swing (with Frank Sinatra) (1964, Reprise) · Basie Picks the Winners (1965, Verve) · Our Shining Hour (with Sammy Davis, Jr.) (1965, Verve) · Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (with Arthur Prysock) (1965, Verve) · Basie's Beatle Bag (1965, Verve) · Basie Meets Bond (1966, Capitol) · Sinatra at the Sands (live, with Frank Sinatra) (1966, Reprise) · Basie's Beat (1967, Verve) · Half a Sixpence (1967, Dot) · The Board of Directors (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) · The Board of Directors Annual Report (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) · Basie Straight Ahead (1969, Dot) · Standing Ovation (1969, Dot) · Afrique (1970, RCA Victor)
1971–1980 Bing 'n' Basie (with Bing Crosby) (Daybreak, 1972) · Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (live) (1972, Pablo) · The Bosses (with Big Joe Turner) (1973, Pablo) · Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo) · Fun Time (1975, Pablo) · I Told You So (1976, Pablo) · Prime Time (1977, Pablo) · Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) · Live in Japan '78 (live) (1978, Pablo) · On the Road (1979, Pablo) · Digital III at Montreux (live) (1979, Pablo) · A Classy Pair (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) · A Perfect Match (live, with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) Kansas City Shout (1980, Pablo) ·
1981–1990 Warm Breeze (1981, Pablo) · Send in the Clowns (Sarah Vaughan) (1981, Pablo) · Farmer's Market Barbecue (1982, Pablo) · 88 Basie Street (1983, Pablo) · Me and You (1983, Pablo) · Fancy Pants (final album with Count Basie) (1983, Pablo) · Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon) · Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (live, with Diane Schuur) (1987, GRP) · The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon) ·
1991–2000 The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.) · The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc) · Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc) · Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel) · At Long Last (with Rosemary Clooney) (1998, Concord) Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA) · Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)
2001–present Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006, Concord) · Basie is Back (2007, MAMA) · Midnight in Manhattan (2007, Aspirion) A Swingin' Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band) (with Tony Bennett) (2008, Columbia)
Small group sessions Basie Jam (1973, Pablo) · For the First Time (1974, Pablo) · Basie & Zoot (with Zoot Sims) (1975, Pablo) · For the Second Time (1975, Pablo) · Basie Jam 2 (1976, Pablo) · Basie Jam 3 (1976, Pablo) · Kansas City 5 (1977, Pablo) · The Gifted Ones (with Dizzy Gillespie) (1977, Pablo) · Basie Jam: Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) · Satch and Josh...Again (with Oscar Peterson) (1977, Pablo) · Night Rider (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Yessir, That's My Baby (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Kansas City 7 (1980, Pablo) · Kansas City 6 (1981, Pablo) · Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983, Pablo) ·
Categories:- 1965 albums
- Count Basie Orchestra albums
- Sammy Davis, Jr. albums
- Verve Records albums
- Albums arranged by Quincy Jones
- Albums conducted by Quincy Jones
- English-language albums
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