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Count Basie: Europe, 1972 + '76

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Marc Myers
Dec 09, 2016
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In 1972 and '76, the Count Basie Orchestra was touring in Europe. Two concerts were filmed, possibly for TV, and are up as one at YouTube. The first took place in Copenhagen. As best I can tell, the band in 1972 featured Paul Cohen, Sonny Cohn, George Minger and Waymon Reed (tp); Al Grey, Mel Wanzo, Bill Hughes and John Watson, Sr. (tb); Eric Dixon (fl,…

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