Count Basie - Copenhagen Tivoli - 15.7.1976

Count Basie, orkesterleder;
Al Grey, basunist;
Jimmy Forrest, saxofonist;
Eric Dixon, saxofonist;
Butch Miles, trommeslager;
Tracklist :
Freckle face 0:00
Black Velvet 6:30
Bee' D With 10:24
Body and soul 18:00
Whirley Bird 24:30
Butch Miles drum solo 28:03

[@bent540]

Freckle face 0:00 Black Velvet 6:30 Bee' D With 10:24 Body and soul 18:00 Whirley Bird 24:30 Butch Miles drum solo 28:03

[@3OrMoreBones]

We need a name devoted to Butch Miles Drum Solo.

[@lascellessmall6352]

What's more to be said , " The Swinginest Band in Any land " . The University Of Count Basie .

[@TbonePlaya2009]

One of the baddest trombone solos with Needs to be bee'd with. Rest in peace Al Grey

[@albertbalzan772]

Listening to these musicians, I believe no one can come anywhere near them anymore,they are simply fantastic.

[@billboulware1]

Al Grey.the last of the great plungers always rocked the house with his amazing talent. BRB.

[@BassmanII]

Dunno, the CBO also had Dennis Wilson on lead trombone who's no pushover either.

[@longwecouzin6219]

Al Grey my old timer u make my days every day

[@ingmarlind1500]

The second tune on the tape (alto solo): First time in my 80 year life I have expressed vibrato. What a performance!😮

[@gracielarengifo2068]

Count Bassie como siempre deleitando a la gente con su calidad de buena musica

[@JNieckarz]

Incredible recording! I had this live show on cassette. I am now seeing the actual band and the scene, the only difference is that I thought they were playing in an outdoor music venue when I played my cassette 1000 times.

[@bent540]

you should rip it! its very likely i will get banned one day on this platform. and this is an original upload ripped from my countrys state media.

[@writerrad]

At this site where I heard a lame pseudo scottish show a few yeas ago, the band is in a theater, the various degrees of the audience are in less and less covered areas semi outside depending on the winds. This is Denmark wThanks for just being hip to Basie

[@leifolstrup3414]

I attended that very concert with a friend In my youth. I can even recognize us among the audience. Those were the days .....

[@hommefriday]

+Leif Olstrup I envy you - lucky, lucky you!

[@Kassiusday]

Leif Olstrup CONGRATULATIONS 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@thelonious76]

Amazing :)

[@flemmingpetersen4031]

Det var jeg også. En god tid hvor København hvert år fik besøg af de bedste af det bedste. En varm tak Norman Granz. Han gav arbejde til mange jazzmusikere, og vi andre fik som oftest mange store oplevelser.

[@writerrad]

Thanks for the serious audience Europeans provided for American Jazz I have spoken to musicians in this and similar bands of this era, and playing at places like this they were treated like Artists, like men, and listened to. Thank your friend and yourself.

[@gracielarengifo2068]

Coun Bassie nos ha fortalecido con la calidad de la musica 1976

[@daveyboy731]

Thanks for this its Super Basie he rally was the greatest swing band ever.

[@hommefriday]

+David Barnett I first saw the Basie Band at The London Festival Hall in 1961 and and then wonderful concerts for the next 50 years. Music is the food for my soul - Basie being right in the heart of my soul.

[@Kassiusday]

AL GREY !!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@grimenigma]

Thanks for posting this piece; a real pleasure!

[@ronaldcarrington4816]

the bassist on this set John Heard and I were in the service together i at Bitburg afb and he at Spang. we played together a few times.

[@Thursdaym2]

Was lucky enough to see Al Grey over 40 years ago in a small jazz cellar in Stockport, UK. Jimmy Forrest should have been with him but could not make the trip due to illness. Think it was not.long before his death. Buddy Tate took his place. I still have the signed LP cover from my purchase that night. The house pianist at that time was the wonderful Eddie Thompson.

[@kirkreeve9911]

I've been a Basie fan since the nineteen fifties and never saw his band in person. Big regret. I hope the Count has organized an alumni band in the afterlife. If so, I'll count on being in the front row to listen.

[@joer3481]

I had the utmost honor to have studied tenor with Jimmy Forrest back in 79/80....he and the great Al Grey moved to my town and attended our college to work with us. Both Al and Jimmy were fun to watch at the clubs.......on Jimmy's 60th birthday the Basie band arrived at his home in East Grand Rapids Michigan to celebrate...it was a " who's who " in the jazz world in attendance.....I can't truly describe all the wonderful times everyone had sharing the joy of music with the Basie band and especially Al and Jimmy...rest in peace Al and Jimmy,who will always being my tenor soul.

[@writerrad]

We all know who really wrote Night Train

[@wolfeatworld]

Thank you so much for this terrific share‼️ Very much appreciated‼️ :-)

[@Divine6]

Der Schluss von "Body and Soul" von Jimmy Forrest ist so was von unfassbar......

[@billboulware1]

I never thought Sonny Payne could be replaced with the Basie band but Butch Miles made me forget about Sonny. BRB.

[@BassmanII]

Not only that but Butch did a second stint around 2007. And there's that shiteating grin of his again.

[@thenel2162]

i love butch as much as the next guy. No he cant make me forget about sonny payne. However def a worth heir!

[@JohnSmith-dr9vl]

this was the pinnacle of the band, cant see it being beaten.although these days music is not part of me like it was because of other priotities and changes to my mind/body but still appreciate what i heared on here today the 24.1.24.,suprised how few concerts are avail.did i see a picture of butch recently with white hair,thats usually a liver issue. the way the society is going looks like some are gonna get long overdue dowturns.despite their confidence.cant wait

[@michelroyer1274]

Je retrouve de saines sensations.....du jazz....avec J.....like "joyce"....merci pour cet instant intense.....

[@sebitramontana1600]

Al Grey!!! :-*

[@alanwitton5980]

Fantastic listening

[@wmendez07]

The Count And Herman were the epitome of swing!!

[@ginguenga]

sublime

[@michelroyer1274]

Quel délice....du Jazz que seuls des musiciens de l'âge d'or nous permettent de revivre...rien à voir avec nos intellectuels contemporains....

[@margaritashaposhnikova6625]

Магическое мастерство Каунта Бэси заражает м агнетизирует...

[@bjarnepetersen2507]

Åhhh Fantastic!!!

[@michelroyer1274]

Coleman Hawkins aurait savouré.....émouvant...que d'inspirations...marvellous...unglaublich....zu gaben...Le top...

[@SELMER1947]

Jimmy Forrest !!!!!!!!

[@paramjitc.9120]

Brilliant

[@SimplyTheWordOnline]

Buddy was the ultimate Ego-Maniac but a great player. He once slit the snare drum head of Sonny Payne right before the performance of the Harry James Band featuring Sonny at the 78 Newport Jazz Fest. The 1st tune was a drum feature and had to be cut off after 20 seconds as Sonny held up his snare drum to the audience and to Harry. While out on stage comes Buddy with the look of the Cat that caught the mouse...offering his snare drum with a big smile...Sonny would not stop talking about it all tour long..."That damn Buddy!" True Story!

[@tunefultonyjohnson4100]

Slitting the snare drum of a rival drummer about to go on stage would seem to me to be the meanest kind of sabotage..... But Buddy Rich was known for his jealous mean temper, chewing out his own band members and threatening to fire them, etcetera..... Is it difficult to understand why Butch Miles and Buddy Rich did not get on....??

[@fredharriott962]

I h

[@javaidkhan367]

He is playing in the Celestial Orchestra..... hope to hear him there .Till then thanks you tube.

[@marzoreis1415]

good music

[@paulspeter9820]

thanks for posting, haven't seen this one; for drummers Whirlybird is on about 26 mins; Butch was up there with Buddy as a soloist and bigband player; interestingly, according to Mel Torme's book on BR, Buddy recommended BM for the Basie chair but wouldn't have anything to do with BM 'wouldn't let him on the tour bus'. One of the very few who came close to BR for speed.

[@ctrader6]

Paul Speter On a Johnny Carson Show appearance, Buddy, in a passing comment, expresses contempt for Butch Miles. What was Buddy's “beef” with Butch?

[@JoeNocella]

+ctrader6 Buddy liked Butch and recommended him to Basie. I think Buddy liked to create a little controversy. He always seemed to mock others but in a joking way..

[@michaelhorton1350]

ctrader6 Good question: Don’t really know the definitive answer, but will suggest that in business, and there’s no business like show business, the public responds to a little fake rivalry and in Buddy’s youth ‘Battles of the Bands’, ‘cutting sessions’, and similar staged showdowns sold more tickets. And what promoter can overlook that? And what entertainer looking for a bigger gate and better gimmick can ignore the appeal to partisanship? Also it might not be the most comfortable chair in jazzdom either. PERMANENT sideman status for an old hoofer like BR just wouldn’t suit him long-term. Thanks for the great post!

[@sovennfiy855]

this is where i go when i just wanna clear my mind and fill it with some fealings after all

[@DerekDtj]

So this is Bobby Plater! I've wondered for years just who was that long-time sax section performer? If anyone knows how long Plater was with Basie, I'd like to know. His rendition of Black Velvet was simply superb, yet it seems he was not often featured in solos like this.

[@TonyfromBham]

Freddie Green is the glue.

[@philippemeier554]

Du tout grand Al Gray, avec cet orchestre merveilleux. Un vrai bonheur .................

[@JohnMHill-oi6rb]

Al Grey, trombonist with plunger, was FANTASTIC !

[@writerrad]

Sad knew pistol Pete Minger a bit in his last days in Miami in the 90s, standing out in front of a jazz club offering to wash people's cars. Life can do such sad things to great people

[@DrJonesJazzMore]

2:50 Freddie Green looks butch and gives him the death gaze xDD the tempo keeper! 2:58 butch looks Freddie's metronomous hand and laugh xDD

[@writerrad]

games were played, A couple times MR GREEN brought an amp and an electric hollow body guitar to the bandstand, and if he went up to pee the amp was no longer working, He was the oldest member of the band by this point,

[@writerrad]

Fred tried to go electric towards the end but was just not permitted by the band

[@drummereiji]

アルグレイ最高！！

[@JohnMHill-oi6rb]

I meant "a wonderful saxophonist (and flautist) from HALIFAX, named Eric Dixon, who had jammed with 'Bucky' Adams and I, all saxes..

[@georgekilroy2670]

What are track listings?

[@williamdunphy352]

28:03 Butch Miles

[@tromboneJTS]

I think I heard Freddie Green during the intro...and his guitar strings are loose!

[@hommefriday]

+tromboneJTS Giving Freddie Green advice about his strings - is "tromboneJTS" a synonnym for smartass?

[@DrJonesJazzMore]

One of the reasons I love this video is because I can hear Freddie Green very clearly, it's a good point for me,I love that edgy sound

[@writerrad]

from people who knew him and got to pick one of the two or three he had, he had incredibly high action must have had calluses and muscles on his arms, He started as a uke banjo player, and then a tenor banjoist but tuned like a uke, There is a huge incredible massive Freddie Green archive and website with all sorts of details especially for we victims of the guitar.

[@Ailanto]

Al Grey shone over them all

[@SELMER1947]

Sad that Sonny Payne is not there...

[@djthemoretaiwan]

Did Eddie Jones on bass?

[@williamdunphy352]

7:05 Bobby Plater

[@michaelhorton1350]

Great presentation of the band. Nice sound. Maybe slightly loopy camera editing but not excessive, although some moments that should have been included are not. (As always). Jimmy’s Body & Soul flag-waver is interesting from a hyperbolic viewpoint. Bobby’s is real nice. Al had the sound for sure. Eric’s piece is well-done, as it should be, front-of-the-book as it is. And Butch certainly had the chops. But perhaps as, or more, important was his stage presence...showmanship, for lack of a better term. And that might possibly account for the Butch/Buddy rivalry.

[@writerrad]

you are probably used to the pastiche multiple camera can provide for a band. The work here is one Camera, probably someone who works for Tivoli, All kinds of pop and worse drek performers, Tivoli is a big amusement park, not an art theater. When I was there about 10 years ago, they had a stage show of Danes trying to act like they were Scotch in kilts and stuff., This is not PBS here

[@tomdehm6101]

Shall we dance?!

[@aleksandrsseffers7938]

Es kaut besi džeza ansambli es aizsūtītu Jurim kalijevam no. Seffera Aleksandra pašā viņa sasenka

[@JohnMHill-oi6rb]

Canadiian saxophonist Eric Dixon played a wonderful solo in "Whirlibird" with the Count Basie Orch.

[@writerrad]

Having stood at Bloor and Bathurst myself, how Canadian was Mr. Dixon when he was in the frozen North in that era?

[@georgekilroy2670]

Just look at the lineup in the trumpet section alone, should tell you about Basie!

[@nancyeckroad-haney7309]

Give us the track listings please. Did Billy Mitchell play on this gig? Can't make him out.

[@bent540]

Freckle face 0:00 Black Velvet 6:30 Bee' D With 10:24 Body and soul 18:00 Whirley Bird 24:30 Butch Miles drum solo 28:03

[@michelroyer1274]

Harry Sweet Edison.....est présent dans mes souvenirs après ce solo de Bob Mitchel....

[@michelroyer1274]

Al Grey.....quelle modestie après ce solo magique...one more time...

[@michelroyer1274]

La technique de Éric Dixon et son évolution de langage...un plus dans cette Période 1976

[@michaelhorton1350]

Dig the band during the extended drum bit...especially Freddie.

[@JetFuelnSawDust]

Deeper pocket than bill gates…

[@DavidKendall-iy7fv]

Saw him in the 1950's at FRUITPORT. Mich. Great 👍