Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra is a 1987 live album by Diane Schuur, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Frank Foster.
Three years after Count Basie's death, the Count Basie Orchestra is featured here as a ghost band, led by Frank Foster. This was also the last performance of Freddie Green, who died a week later.
At the Grammy Awards of 1988, for her performance on Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra, Schuur won her second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.Grammy Awards Data Base: Diane Schuur
Track listing "Deedles' Blues" (Morgan Ames) – 3:30 "Caught a Touch of Your Love" (James Best (A.K.A. James Bugno), Craig Bickhardt, Jack Keller) – 3:13 "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 4:24 "I Just Found Out About Love" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:45 "Travelin' Blues" (Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck) – 4:04 "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:09 "You Can Have It" (Ames, Frank Foster) – 3:25 "Only You" (Ames, Bob Florence) – 4:44 "Everyday" (Peter Chatman) – 3:09 "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 4:06 "Until I Met You" (Freddie Green, Don Wolf) – 2:53 "Climbing Higher Mountains" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:34
Personnel
Performance Diane Schuur - vocals, piano Count Basie Orchestra: Frank Foster - arranger, tenor saxophone Lynn Seaton - double bass Dennis Mackrel - drums Freddie Green - guitar Danny Turner - alto saxophone Danny House John Williams - baritone saxophone Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone Kenny Hing Clarence Banks - trombone Bill Hughes - bass trombone Mel Wanzo - lead trombone Dennis Wilson - trombone Sonny Cohn - trumpet Melton Mustafa - trumpet Bob Ojeda - trumpet Byron Stripling - lead trumpet
Production Dave Grusin - executive producer Larry Rosen - executive producer Morgan Ames - producer Jeffrey Weber - producer Robert DeLaGarza - assistant engineer Bill-Dog Dooley Mark McKenna Mike Morongell Claudio Ordenes Andy Baltimore - design, creative director David Gibb - design Dave Kunze Ivan Salgado Dan Serrano Bruce Botnick - digital editing, editing Allen Sides - engineer Takao Ogawa - liner notes John S. Wilson Aaron A. Woodward - management Wally Traugott - mastering Judy Clapp - mixing, mixing assistant Don Murray - mixing Glenn Wexler photography, cover photo Mike Johnson - photography Janet Van Ham
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