Freddie Green poly-rhythms! Count Basie Broadcast August 1938

Check out Freddie Green's "poly-rhythms"! 00:42 & 4:12. Really unusual, brilliant rhythm playing from Freddie Green (guitar) & Walter Page (bass) Jo Jones (drums).
From "The Savory Collection", Mosaic Records. Tunes: Every Tub and I Ain't Got Nobody. Broadcast from the Famous Door. NYC, August 1938.
The Basie rhythm section is legendary - maybe the first truly great one. Anyone familiar with Freddie Green's playing, and this rhythm section in general will appreciate how unusual and adventurous the approach in these tunes is. Before hearing these recently-discovered tracks (thanks Mosaic for releasing them!), I had never heard anything like this in Freddie Green's 50 years of recording with the Basie band. Hearing something new like this from 1938 is the musical equivalent of finding buried treasure...
And of course, there's beautiful solo work from Lester Young, Sweets Edison, Basie and others. Jimmy Rushing is heard on vocals.

[@JustABowlOfCherries]

Thanks! These things are so rare, and often gets tossed & destroyed!

[@nickbachman9064]

This should be front page news. So damn cool.

[@ArthurWright-uv4ww]

Great band

[@wighatsuperreggie]

This is at the famous door, the "polyrhythmic" thing is at about 41 seconds... so cool

[@George_Pueblo]

That is it. Thank you 🙂

[@MARKMANIATT]

Guitar playing to die for!!!

[@johnllewlyndavies222]

Peck Allmond you are a feckin genius👍

[@camerongreider6447]

Incredible

[@tcorman]

So dotted eights against the 4 - super propulsive, very cool!

[@ricardoferrari5610]

Que privilegiados los que han podido escuchar en directo esta Big Band insuperable en Swing! Count Basie un verdadero Maestro! Junto a sus secuases🤣 Gracias!!

[@benriemersma8137]

Nice photo of pres

[@albertadriftwood3612]

I’m picturing the other swing bands standing there with their hats in their hands when this sound came out.

[@joemaranzano]

Jimmy Rushing poly-rhythm too! On I Ain't Got Nobody

[@anitadavideduo]

Wonderful!

[@jazzygiraffe8589]

Fascinating!