2/22/26 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Count Basie and his Orchestra live -North Sea Jazz Festival (7/13/1979 – World of Jazz)

 The first concert of bandleader/pianist William ‘Count’ Basie and his Count Basie Orchestra at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1979. Basie did two concerts at the festival, one month before his 75th birthday.

BTKBDM MADE IN PARIS, Count Basie, 1966

This is the first concert with some great solos by John Clayton, Butch Miles, Freddie Green, Sonny Cohn and Danny Turner.

The Orchestra:
Count Basie: piano
John Clayton, bass
Butch Miles, drums
Freddie Green, guitar
Sonny Cohn, Pete Minger, Ray Brown, Paul Cohen, trumpet
Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, Mitchell Wood Jr, Dennis Wilson, trombone
Eric Dixon, Charlie Fowlkes, Kenny Hing, Bobby Plater, Danny Turner, saxophone
Dennis Rowland, vocals