Count Basie: Blue and Sentimental

Track

Blue and Sentimental

Group

Count Basie Orchestra

CD

Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie (Verve 314 549 090-2)

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Musicians:

14-piece band featuring Buck Clayton (trumpet), Herschel Evans (tenor sax), Lester Young (clarinet), Count Basie (piano)

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Composed by Count Basie, Mack David & Jerry Livingston. Arranged by Eddie Durham

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Recorded: New York, June 6, 1938

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Rating: 93/100 (learn more)

A year before his untimely death from heart disease at age 29, "tough Texas" tenorman Herschel Evans revealed his gentle side with Count Basie, whose band was not renowned for ballads. Herschel Evans changed that. Stepping closer to the mike than customary, Evans wraps his big, warm tone around a listener the way an affable uncle dispenses hugs, convincing each little niece or nephew that she or he is Uncle's special favorite. "Blue and Sentimental" leaves us forever grateful for the too-short visit of Uncle Herschel.

Reviewer: Alan Kurtz

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