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Broadway Basie's...Way

Index Broadway Basie's...Way

Broadway Basie's...Way is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring performances of Broadway musical songs recorded in 1966 and released on the Command label. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 66 relations: Adolph Green, Al Aarons, Alan Jay Lerner, AllMusic, Alto saxophone, Arrangement, Baritone saxophone, Basie Swingin' Voices Singin', Bass trombone, Baubles, Bangles, & Beads, Betty Comden, Bill Hughes (musician), Bob Merrill, Bobby Byrne (musician), Bobby Plater, Broadway theatre, Burton Lane, Charles Fowlkes, Charles Strouse, Chico O'Farrill, Clarinet, Cole Porter, Command Records, Count Basie, Count Basie Orchestra, Double bass, Drum kit, Ed Shaughnessy, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric Dixon (musician), Everything's Coming Up Roses, Flute, Freddie Green, Frederick Loewe, From This Moment On (Cole Porter song), George Forrest (author), Grover Mitchell, Guitar, Hello, Young Lovers (song), Here's That Rainy Day, Hollywood...Basie's Way, It's All Right with Me, Jazz, Jerry Herman, Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke (lyricist), Jule Styne, Just in Time (song), Lee Adams, Marshal Royal, ... Expand index (16 more) »

  2. Albums arranged by Chico O'Farrill
  3. Command Records albums

Adolph Green

Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for musicals on Broadway and in Hollywood.

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Al Aarons

Albert Aarons (March 23, 1932 – November 17, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter.

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Alan Jay Lerner

Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Alto saxophone

The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments.

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition.

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Baritone saxophone

The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass.

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Basie Swingin' Voices Singin'

'Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' is a 1966 album by Count Basie with the Alan Copeland singers. Broadway Basie's...Way and Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' are 1966 albums and albums produced by Teddy Reig.

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Bass trombone

The bass trombone (Bassposaune, trombone basso) is the bass instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments.

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Baubles, Bangles, & Beads

"Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" is a popular song from the 1953 musical Kismet, credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest.

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Betty Comden

Betty Comden (May 3, 1917 – November 23, 2006) was an American lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter who contributed to numerous Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century.

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Bill Hughes (musician)

William Henry Hughes (March 28, 1930 – January 14, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist and bandleader.

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Bob Merrill

Henry Robert Merrill Levan (May 17, 1921 – February 17, 1998) was an American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter.

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Bobby Byrne (musician)

Robert Byrne (May 13, 1918 – November 25, 2006) was an American bandleader, trombonist, and music executive.

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Bobby Plater

Robert C. Plater (May 13, 1914, Newark, New Jersey - November 20, 1982, Lake Tahoe) was an American jazz alto saxophonist.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling Theatre as the proper noun in their names.

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Burton Lane

Burton Lane (Levy; February 2, 1912 – January 5, 1997) was an American composer and lyricist primarily known for his theatre and film scores.

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Charles Fowlkes

Charles Baker Fowlkes (February 16, 1916 – February 9, 1980) was an American baritone saxophonist who was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra for over twenty-five years.

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Charles Strouse

Charles Strouse (born June 7, 1928) is an American composer and lyricist best known for writing the music to such Broadway musicals as Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, and Annie.

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Chico O'Farrill

Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill (October 28, 1921 – June 27, 2001) was a Cuban composer, arranger, and conductor, best known for his work in the Latin idiom, specifically Afro-Cuban jazz or "Cubop", although he also composed traditional jazz pieces and even symphonic works.

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Clarinet

The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.

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Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter.

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Command Records

Command Records was a record label founded by Enoch Light in 1959 and, in October that year, was acquired by ABC-Paramount Records.

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Count Basie

William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.

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Count Basie Orchestra

The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16- to 18-piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936.

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Double bass

The double bass, also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched chordophone in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass).

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Drum kit

A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person.

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Ed Shaughnessy

Edwin Thomas "Ed" Shaughnessy (January 29, 1929 – May 24, 2013) was a swing music and jazz drummer long associated with Doc Severinsen and a member of The Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Edward F. Davis (March 2, 1922 – November 3, 1986), known professionally as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Eric Dixon (musician)

Eric "Big Daddy" Dixon (March 28, 1930 – October 19, 1989) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, flautist, composer, and arranger.

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Everything's Coming Up Roses

"Everything's Coming Up Roses" is a song with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, written initially for the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy. Introduced in the show's inaugural production by Ethel Merman, "Everything's Coming Up Roses" became one of Merman's signature songs.

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Flute

The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.

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Freddie Green

Frederick William Green (March 31, 1911 – March 1, 1987) was an American swing jazz guitarist who played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years.

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Frederick Loewe

Frederick Loewe (originally German Friedrich (Fritz) Löwe; June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988, Pscemetery.com) was an American composer.

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From This Moment On (Cole Porter song)

"From This Moment On" is a 1950 popular song written by Cole Porter, which has since become a jazz standard.

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George Forrest (author)

George Forrest (born George Forrest Chichester Jr., July 31, 1915 – October 10, 1999) was an American writer of music and lyrics for musical theatre best known for the show Kismet, adapted from the works of Alexander Borodin.

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Grover Mitchell

Grover Mitchell, born Grover Curry Mitchell (March 17, 1930 – August 6, 2003) was an American jazz trombonist who led the Count Basie Orchestra.

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Guitar

The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings.

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Hello, Young Lovers (song)

"Hello, Young Lovers" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. It is sung by Anna, played by Gertrude Lawrence in the original Broadway production; by Valerie Hobson in the original London West End production; and by Deborah Kerr in the film version (although voiced-over by Marni Nixon).

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Here's That Rainy Day

"Here's That Rainy Day" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke that was published in 1953.

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Hollywood...Basie's Way

Hollywood...Basie's Way is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring performances of motion picture theme recorded in late 1966 and early 1967 and released on the Command label. Broadway Basie's...Way and Hollywood...Basie's Way are albums arranged by Chico O'Farrill, albums produced by Teddy Reig, Command Records albums and Count Basie Orchestra albums.

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It's All Right with Me

"It's All Right with Me" is a popular song written by Cole Porter, for his 1953 musical Can-Can, where it was introduced by Peter Cookson as the character Judge Aristide Forestier.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jerry Herman

Gerald Sheldon Herman (July 10, 1931December 26, 2019) was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre.

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Jimmy Van Heusen

James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer.

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Johnny Burke (lyricist)

John Francis Burke (October 3, 1908 – February 25, 1964) was an American lyricist, successful and prolific between the 1920s and 1950s.

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Jule Styne

Jule Styne (born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was an English-American songwriter and composer widely known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became successful films: Gypsy, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Funny Girl.

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Just in Time (song)

"Just in Time" is a popular song with the melody written by Jule Styne and the lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

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Lee Adams

Lee Richard Adams (born August 14, 1924) is an American lyricist best known for his musical theatre collaboration with Charles Strouse.

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Marshal Royal

Marshal Walton Royal Jr. (December 5, 1912 – May 8, 1995) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist best known for his work with Count Basie, with whose band he played for nearly twenty years.

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Norman Keenan

Norman Dewey Keenan (November 23, 1916 in Union, South Carolina – February 12, 1980 in New York City) was an American jazz double-bassist.

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On the Street Where You Live

"On the Street Where You Live" is a song with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner from the 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady.

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Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in musical theater for nearly 40 years.

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People (Barbra Streisand song)

"People" is a song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Bob Merrill for the 1964 Broadway musical Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand, who introduced the song.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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Richard B. Boone

Richard Bently Boone (February 24, 1930 – February 8, 1999) was an American jazz trombonist and scat singer.

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Richard Rodgers

Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American composer who worked primarily in musical theater.

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Robert Wright (musical writer)

Robert Craig Wright (September 25, 1914 – July 27, 2005) was an American composer-lyricist for Hollywood and the musical theatre, best known for the Broadway musical and musical film Kismet, for which he and his professional and romantic partner George Forrest adapted themes by Alexander Borodin and added lyrics.

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Roy Eldridge

David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter.

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Sonny Cohn

George Thomas Cohn (March 14, 1925 – November 7, 2006), known professionally as Sonny Cohn, was an American jazz trumpeter whose career spanned over six decades.

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Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Joshua Sondheim (March22, 1930November26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist.

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Teddy Reig

Theodore Samuel Reig (November 23, 1918 – September 29, 1984) was a self-described "jazz hustler" who worked as a record producer, A&R man, promoter, and artist manager from the 1940s through the 1970s.

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Tenor saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s.

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide

The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine.

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Trombone

The trombone (Posaune, Italian, French: trombone) is a musical instrument in the brass family.

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Trumpet

The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles.

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See also

Albums arranged by Chico O'Farrill

Command Records albums

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_Basie's...Way

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