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The Feeling of Jazz – Spotlight-2 on The Count Basie Orchestra Live (Hr-1)

Atomic Basie (atom bomb image) album cover.
Roulette Records

The Feeling of Jazz, program # 294 airing July 9, 2017 featured a spotlight on The Count Basie Orchestra (a/k/a "The Atomic Band") Live in Hollywood (1958), (years active: 1935 to Present; surviving long past the Big Band era itself and the death of Basie in 1984. It continues today as a 'ghost band'.) in music presented by Kent Lindquist, while co-host Bill Satterlee was off this week. Engineered by Dave Woodworth.

 
8 p.m. Hour – Music by Title, Artist, Album, Composer, Time length
 
1. Low Life, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Count on the Coast Vol. I (Phantastic), Johnny Mandel, 4:41 min.
2. Split Quick, Duke Jordan, Flight to Jordan on View at the Five Spot Cafe' (Blue Notes), Duke Jordan, 5:12 min.
3. Flight of the Foo Bird, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Count on the Coast Vol. I, Neil Hefti, 3:42 min.
4. I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got, Gerald Wiggins Trio, Wiggin' With Wig (West Coast Jazz), Duke Ellington, 6:32 min.
5. One O'Clock Jump, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Count on the Coast Vol. II, Count Basie, 3:18 min.
6. Ol' Man River, Gene Ammons, Orig. LP: Jug, Kern-Hammerstein, 5:09 min.
7. Counting the Blues, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Count on the Coast Vol. II, (no info.), 3:50 min.
8. I Love You, John Coltrane, Lush Life, Cole Porter, 5:35 min.
9. Teddy The Toad, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Count on the Coast Vol. II, Neil Hefti, 2:49 min.
10. Milestones, Gerald Wilson Big Band, Big Bands A-Swingin' (compilation), Miles Davis, 5:32 min.