On tour in Europe in 1968, Count Basie and His Orchestra performed in Berlin, where the concert was taped for TV broadcast. The personnel featured Gene Goe, Sonny Cohn, Oscar Brashear and Al Aarons (tp); Grover Mitchell, Richard Boone, Bill Hughes and Steve Galloway (tb); Marshal Royal (as,cl); Bobby Plater (as,fl); Eric Dixon and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts); Charlie Fowlkes (bs); Count Basie (p); Freddie Green (g); Norman Keenan (b); Harold Jones (d) and Marlena Shaw (voc). [Photo above of Count Basie]
Heck of a theater, right? It's the Philharmonie Berlin.
The tracks:
- All Of Me
- Hittin' Twelve
- Blues For Ilean
- Bill Bailey
- On a Clear Day
- Cherokee
- Good Time Blues
- A Night In Tunisia
- Muddy Waters Blues
- Whirly Bird
- Lonely Street
- The Magic Flea
- One O'Clock Jump
Here's the concert broadcast on German TV. It went up on YouTube just a few months ago...
