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The Quincy Jones - Basie and Beyond Audio CD

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Title: Basie and Beyond
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Release Date: 2000-10-03
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Ya Gotta Try ... Harder! 2: Belly Roll 3: Grace 4: Joy of Cookin' 5: Quintessence 6: How Sweet It Is 7: Hard Sock Dance 8: Witching Hour 9: For Lena and Lennie 10: No Time Like the Present 11: Lisette 12: Out of the Night

I Have Listened To This Quite A Few Times And
Difficult to review! I have to quote a review by William Ruhman of All Music Group since it is closest to defining what I feel. I still can't work up enthusiasm. Mr. Ruhlman states that the cd is "more beyond than Basie" which is true since only four of the selections can I even identify as being recorded by the Count. One other comment by him also struck a chord (no pun intended!) that much of the music seemed to be scored for films. . . . . . more "jazzy" than "jazz". My lack of enjoyment was possibly due to a feeling that maybe it covered too much ground. . . . . . . . . . . . let's face it, there's a huge disparity in the styles of Basie and what Quincy recorded back in the sixties and seventies. Even some of Sammy's compositions presented here lack something that I've come to associate with his music.

That said, I have a huge respect for both men and what they have accomplished in their lives. I have Q's original albums (transferred to disk) of "Ndeda" (Mercury) and "The Quintessintial Charts" (ABC Impulse) which feature quite a few of his charts which appear here. All of that music has been reissued under various mixtures which were not my preference. Q and I parted ways musically when he started doing some of the crossover stuff in 1974(?) so I probably built this cd up too much in my mind.

Obviously nothing was spared in getting the best musicians available. It's a good cd. . . . . just not a great one for me.

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Very cool since I listen 2 "Q's Jook Joint"
I think it means he returning back to his jazz roots since he worked with so many greats like Ray Charles, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Patti Austin, Frank Sinatra, etc. I actually heard 'bout this album he did back in '99 or '00 since I heard it on a interview he did on Bravo! Entertainment.

I don't think it ain't that much of a disappointment knahmmean. I think is much more mature since the last album he put out which was great in '95-'96 classic Q'S JOOK JOINT.

I think it's a must-have for those who are real fans to Basie, Ellington, Sinatra, Miles, Dizzy, Bird, Goodman, Woody Herman, and/or real big fans to the jazz/big band greats of Harry Connick Jr. , Brian Setzer, Maynard Ferguson and Big Bop Nouveau, etc. I think my man Q would deserve a high A+ 4 this one knahmsayin.
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Met all of my expectations
Having played two of the tracks on the CD in the past (namely Lisette and Ya gotta try. . harder), I found this CD extremely useful and fun to listen to. Nestico and Jones aren't trying to BE Count Basie, but they have their own style. This is noticeable in every track. Perhaps some people were misled by the title of the CD, while this is easy to do, these are two composers who are obviously not Basie.


Not Bad just not as Strong as it should have been
Count Basie could Swing this Set barely cooks. having heard this Album&Digging Quincy Jones&Count Basie Work respectively I was expecting a bit more Steam. Arrangements are fairly safe&Middle of the road to me. there are some good Moments but overall slightly better than what you get out nowadays in Jazz but nothing on Par off Q in Prime time. the Music&Vibe here won't make you forget Q&Basie with Sinatra at the Sands.


Basie meets smooth jazz ...
But despite Jones and some great musicians, Basie and Beyond never really gets beyond 'good'. I love Count Basie's music, and Quincy Jones is about as accomplished a producer as you'll find in this field. Listen to the old Hefti/Basie collaborations, or especially the 'Old Testament' band of the 1940s and you will hear edgier, spontaneous music. As much as I WANT to like this album, it just seems overproduced. Shades of smooth jazz sapping the energy of music that used to be exciting.

There are some superb tracks here -- Ya Gotta Try Harder, Belly Roll (with Ernie Watts), Joy of Cookin', Hard Sock Dance and Out of the Night are winners to some degree, but the rest of the album sounds like a forced attempt at retro-jazz. Compared to most music being recorded this is a refreshing change, but there is a lingering commercialism behind it all that colors the music. Count Basie? A legend, but I expected something different -- honest, exciting -- from an album that is presumably a tribute.


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