Count Basie Orchestra – Blues in Frankie’s Flat (1960)

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Count Basie Orchestra – Blues in Frankie’s Flat (1960) "Blues in Frankie's Flat" (Arranged by Frank Foster). This medium swing chart composed by Frank Foster and Count Basie trades the melody between the trumpets and saxes, includes a solo or soli for trumpet, and a brief shout chorus using tutti rhythms for the entire ensemble. Personnel: Soloists: Joe Newman - trumpet, Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, Al Grey - trombone. Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Sonny Cohn, Joe Newman - trumpets. Billy Mitchell, Frank Wess, Marshall Royal, Frank Foster, Charlie Fowlkes - saxophones. Benny Powell, Al Grey, Henry Coker - trombones Count Basie - piano, bandleader Freddie Green - guitar Eddie Jones - bass Sonny Payne - drums ___________________ Recorded - Milan 1960