Strike Up the Band (album)

Strike Up the Band

Studio album by Tony Bennett

Released

1959

Recorded

January 3 & 5, 1959
Capitol Studios, New York City

Genre

Vocal jazz

Length

27:01

Label

Roulette
SR-25072
SR-25231

Tony Bennett chronology

Alternative cover
Long Ago and Far Away (1958)	Strike Up the Band (1959)	In Person! (1959)
Basie Swings, Bennett Sings (SR-25072)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Strike Up the Band is a 1959 studio album by Tony Bennett with Count Basie and his Orchestra. The album was released at first with the title Basie Swings, Bennett Sings as SR-25072, featuring a different cover and track order.

William Ruhlmann of Allmusic wrote "The band raves through tunes like "With Plenty Of Money And You," and Bennett matches them, drawing strength from the bravura arrangements, while band and singer achieve a knowing tenderness on "Growing Pains.""^[2]

Bennett and Basie recorded two albums together in 1959. The other one, In Person!, was released by Bennett's record label, Columbia, while this album was released by Roulette, Basie's label.

Track listing

Side one

"Strike Up the Band" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 1:33
"I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 1:44
"Chicago" (Fred Fisher) - 2:07
"With Plenty of Money and You" (Dubin, Warren) - 1:33
"Anything Goes" (Porter) - 2:20
"Life Is a Song" (Fred E. Ahlert, Young) - 2:49

Side two

"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Lerner, Loewe) - 3:02
"Jeepers Creepers" (Mercer, Warren) - 2:08
"Growing Pains" (Dorothy Fields, Schwartz) - 3:33
"Poor Little Rich Girl" (Coward) - 3:30
"Are You Havin' Any Fun?" (Sammy Fain, Jack Yellen) - 2:42

The 1990 compact disc reissue included the ballad "After Supper"

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Personnel

Tony Bennett - vocals
Ralph Sharon - piano

The Count Basie Orchestra:

Count Basie - pianist, leader
Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman - trumpet
Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
Frank Wess, Marshall Royal - alto saxophone
Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Al Grey - trombone
Freddie Green - guitar
Eddie Jones - bass
Sonny Payne - drums

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References

v t e Count Basie Orchestra

Members	Sal Nistico (Tenor Sax) Frank Wess (Alto Sax/Flute) Joe Williams (Vocals) Earle Warren (Alto Sax/Occasional Singer) Preston Love (Alto Sax) Sonny Cohn (trumpet} Reunald Jones (Trumpet) Neal Hefti, (Trumpet) Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet) Joe Newman (Trumpet) Lester Young (Tenor Sax) Herschel Evans (Tenor Sax) Jo Jones (Drums) Walter Page (Bass) Bill Hughes (trombone) Dennis Wilson (lead trombone} Grover Mitchell (trombone) Freddie Green (Guitar) Billie Holiday (Vocals) Buck Clayton (Trumpet) Jimmy Rushing (Vocals) Marshall Royal (Alto Sax) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Tenor Sax) Thad Jones (Trumpet) Al Grey (Trombone) John Clayton (Bass) Cleveland Eaton (Bass) Gregg Field (drums) Dennis Rowland (Vocals) Chris Murrell (vocals) Dave Gibson (Drums) Rich Thompson (Drums) Jack Washington (Baritone Sax) Butch Miles (Drums) Sonny Payne (Drums) Frank Foster (Tenor Sax) George Caldwell (Piano) Charlton Johnson (Guitar) Tony Suggs (Piano) Scotty Barnhart (Trumpet) James Leary (Bass) Brian Gryce (Drums) Will Matthews (guitar)

1951–1960	Dance Session (1952–54, Clef) Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (with Joe Williams\|) (1955, Clef) April in Paris (1955–56, Verve) The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards (with Joe Williams) (1956, Verve) Basie in London (live) (1956, Verve) One O'Clock Jump (with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald) (1957, Verve) Count Basie at Newport (live) (1957, Verve) E = MC² (1958, Roulette) Basie Plays Hefti (1958, Roulette) No Count Sarah (with Sarah Vaughan) (1958, EmArcy) Chairman of the Board (1958, Roulette) Welcome to the Club (Nat King Cole) (1959, Capitol) Basie and Eckstine, Inc. (with Billy Eckstine) (1959, Roulette) Strike Up the Band (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Roulette) In Person! (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Columbia) Everyday I Have the Blues (with Joe Williams) (1959, Roulette) The Count Basie Story (1960, Roulette)

1961–1970	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with Duke Ellington) (1961, Columbia) The Legend (1961, Roulette) Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (with Sarah Vaughan) (1961, Roulette) Basie at Birdland (live) (1961, Roulette) On My Way and Shoutin' Again! (Verve, 1963) Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (with Frank Sinatra) (1962, Reprise) Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! (1963, Verve) This Time by Basie: Hits of the '50s and '60s (1963, Verve) Ella and Basie! (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1963, Verve) Basie Land (1964, Verve) It Might as Well Be Swing (with Frank Sinatra) (1964, Reprise) Basie Picks the Winners (1965, Verve) Our Shining Hour (with Sammy Davis, Jr.) (1965, Verve) Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (with Arthur Prysock) (1965, Verve) Basie's Beatle Bag (1965, Verve) Basie Meets Bond (1966, Capitol) Sinatra at the Sands (live, with Frank Sinatra) (1966, Reprise) Basie's Beat (1967, Verve) Half a Sixpence (1967, Dot) The Board of Directors (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) The Board of Directors Annual Report (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) Basie Straight Ahead (1969, Dot) Standing Ovation (1969, Dot) Afrique (1970, RCA Victor)

1971–1980	Bing 'n' Basie (with Bing Crosby) (Daybreak, 1972) Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (live) (1972, Pablo) The Bosses (with Big Joe Turner) (1973, Pablo) Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo) Fun Time (1975, Pablo) I Told You So (1976, Pablo) Prime Time (1977, Pablo) Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) Live in Japan '78 (live) (1978, Pablo) On the Road (1979, Pablo) Digital III at Montreux (live) (1979, Pablo) A Classy Pair (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) A Perfect Match (live, with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) Kansas City Shout (1980, Pablo)

1981–1990	Warm Breeze (1981, Pablo) Send in the Clowns (Sarah Vaughan) (1981, Pablo) Farmer's Market Barbecue (1982, Pablo) 88 Basie Street (1983, Pablo) Me and You (1983, Pablo) Fancy Pants (final album with Count Basie) (1983, Pablo) Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon) Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (live, with Diane Schuur) (1987, GRP) The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon)

1991–2000	The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.) The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc) Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc) Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel) At Long Last (with Rosemary Clooney) (1998, Concord) Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA) Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)

2001–present	Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006, Concord) Basie is Back (2007, MAMA) Midnight in Manhattan (2007, Aspirion) A Swingin' Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band) (with Tony Bennett) (2008, Columbia)

Small group sessions	Basie Jam (1973, Pablo) For the First Time (1974, Pablo) Basie & Zoot (with Zoot Sims) (1975, Pablo) For the Second Time (1975, Pablo) Basie Jam 2 (1976, Pablo) Basie Jam 3 (1976, Pablo) Kansas City 5 (1977, Pablo) The Gifted Ones (with Dizzy Gillespie) (1977, Pablo) Basie Jam: Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) Satch and Josh...Again (with Oscar Peterson) (1977, Pablo) Night Rider (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) Yessir, That's My Baby (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) Kansas City 7 (1980, Pablo) Kansas City 6 (1981, Pablo) Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983, Pablo)

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