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Strike Up the Band (Tony Bennett and Count Basie album)

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

Strike Up the Band
Studio album by
Tony Bennett and the Count Basie Orchestra
ReleasedMay 1959[1]
RecordedJanuary 3 & 5, 1959
StudioCapitol (New York)
GenreVocal jazz
Length27:01
LabelRoulette
SR-25072
SR-25231
ProducerTeddy Reig
Tony Bennett chronology
In Person!
(1959) 		Strike Up the Band
(1959) 		Hometown, My Town
(1959)
Count Basie Orchestra chronology
In Person!
(1959) 		Strike Up the Band
(1959) 		Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
(1959)
Alternative cover
Basie Swings, Bennett Sings (SR-25072)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

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.""[3]

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 edit

Side one
  1. "Strike Up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 1:33
  2. "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 1:44
  3. "Chicago" (Fred Fisher) – 2:07
  4. "With Plenty of Money and You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 1:33
  5. "Anything Goes" (Cole Porter) – 2:20
  6. "Life Is a Song" (Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young) – 2:49
Side two
  1. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:02
  2. "Jeepers Creepers" (Johnny Mercer, Warren) – 2:08
  3. "Growing Pains" (Dorothy Fields, Schwartz) – 3:33
  4. "Poor Little Rich Girl" (Noël Coward) – 3:30
  5. "Are You Havin' Any Fun?" (Sammy Fain, Jack Yellen) – 2:42

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

Personnel edit

The Count Basie Orchestra:

References edit

  1. ^ Billboard May 4, 1959
  2. ^ Strike Up the Band at AllMusic
  3. ^ Bennett & Basie Strike Up the Band at AllMusic
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