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

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.

 
9 p.m. Hour – Music by Title, Artist, Album, Composer, Time length
 
1. Slats, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Count on the Coast Vol. I, Joe Newman, 6:15 min.
2. Funk In A Deep Freeze, Hank Mobley, The Hank Mobley Quintet, Hank Mobley, 6:48 min.
3. Cute, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Count on the Coast Vol. I, Neil Hefti, 3:45 min.
4. This Year's Kisses, Lester Young, Jazz Giants of '56, Irving Berlin, 6:37 min.
5. Blue on Blue, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Count on the Coast Vol. I, Wess-Basie, 3:14 min.
6. The Man I Love, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Orig. LP: The Many Sides of Toshiko, George & Ira Gershwin, 5:28 min.
7. Shiny Stockings, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Count on the Coast Vol. II, Frank Foster, 5:00 min.
8. Who Me, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Count on the Coast Vol. II, Frank Foster, 4:35 min.
9. The Truth, Less McCann, Les McCann Plays The Truth, Les McCann, 5:54 min.