Count Basie & His Orchestra 1960 "Cute" | Sonny Payne Drum Solo | Frank Wess | Milan, Italy

Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Sonny Cohn, Joe Newman - trumpet
Billy Mitchell, Frank Wess, Marshall Royal, Frank Foster, Charlie Fowlkes - sax
Frank Wess - flute
Al Grey, Henry Coker, Benny Powell - trombone
Count Basie - piano
Freddie Green - guitar
Eddie Jones - bass
Sonny Payne - drums
Recorded in Milan, Italy in 1960.
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[@rhythmfield]

The incredible Frank Wess on flute solo & that relentless driving guitar was the incomparable Freddie Green

[@onceovereasy1529]

SP was the real deal. The definition of a big band drummer...tasty one minute and roar the next. Great post..thank you!!

[@sixtieskid062]

There's never a bad time to listen to Basie with Sonny Payne.

[@victorprince299]

One more once..... Mr Sonny Payne!!! My idol!!

[@060660Aaron]

Drummer plays and the show the brass, Flute player plays and they show the flute player!!! Love Sonny Payne

[@thecrippledrummer]

Yeah, the camerawork was awful.

[@joecash4354]

Super Sonny and Fantastic Frank.

[@DavidLeBlanc]

That wonderful, muscular, powerful Basie sound, even in the delicate, quiet parts. No one even came close to matching it in my opinion.

[@RoryVanucchi]

😊 Payne a giant. top tier in big band drummers. looks like Thad Jones next to Sonny.

[@ovepayne]

That´s Thad!

[@edellis515]

That flute!!!!!!!!!!

[@earldrum]

I have always loved this song. Great video of the master drummer Sonny Payne!

[@mortalclown3812]

Never heard Frank Wess before. Just perfect. Thank you ~

[@jefferyhowe9946]

I was a drummer in a jazz combo at age 17 with my father(he played keyboards)(early 70's) and this was one of my favorite tunes to play.

[@charlesbarry971]

A great band 😢😢😮

[@edellis515]

MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mikeanscombe9883]

Yeah! Just lovely…😎

[@pplrstrange]

I enjoyed that thoroughly. Thanks guys

[@edellis515]

LOVE IT

[@davewallace8219]

Real tight!!!

[@mightya]

The engine that drove the Basie band.

[@musicaperpianoforte]

Count Basie & his Orchestra : Wendell Culley (or Sonny Cohn?), Eugene “Snookie” Young, Joe Newman, Thad Jones (tp), Al Grey, Benny Powell, Henry Coker (tb), Marshall Royal (as, cl) (& C-Melody sax?), Billy Mitchell (ts, cl), Frank Foster (ts), Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Charlie Fowlkes (bar, b-cl, fl), Count Basie (p, leader), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d), Joe Williams (voc) * * * "Cute" * * * Music by Neal Hefti * * * Recorded in Milano, Teatro Lirico, April 6, 1960 (Count Basie's first Italian tour) * * * * *

[@あす-f7h]

1:40 flute

[@jackstanton8212]

Shame the recording was not good enough to let us hear Sonny's brush work skills , but it was 1960 & I saw this band live in the UK & could really enjoy the full effects

[@user-ig7nq7pc7k]

Wish the cameraman knew what he was doing - should have focused on Payne more.