Links and Resources

Here are some interesting websites and other resources we’ve found about Big Bands, swing, jazz, and other musical notables.

  
 
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One O'Clock Jump, Count Basie
> A jazz standard, a 12-bar blues instrumental, written in 1937 by Count Basie, with arrangement from Eddie Durham and Buster Smith. The original recording of the tune by Basie and his band is noted for the saxophone work of Herschel Evans and Lester Young; trumpeting by Buck Clayton, Walter Page on bass, and Basie himself on piano. It was reportedly titled "Blue Ball", at first, but a radio announcer feared that title was too risqué. It was listed in the Songs of the Century. The song is typical of Basie's early riff style. Instrumentation based on "head arrangements" where each section makes up their part based on what the other sections are playing. Individuals take turns improvising over the top of the entire sound. Basie later released "Two O'Clock Jump" and "Jumping at the Woodside" in a similar style.
 
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