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Broadway Basie's...Way

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{{Infobox album

| name = Broadway Basie's...Way

| type = Studio

| artist = Count Basie and His Orchestra

| cover = Broadway Basie's Way.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1966

| recorded = August 18 and September 7 & 8, 1966
Finesound Studio, New York

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Command
R 33 905/RS 905 SD

| producer = Loren Becker, Robert Byrne and Teddy Reig

| chronology = Count Basie

| prev_title = Basie Swingin' Voices Singin'

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = Hollywood...Basie's Way

| next_year = 1967

}}

Broadway Basie's...Way is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring performances of Broadway musical songs recorded in 1966 and released on the Command label.Kitora, R., [http://www.geocities.jp/count_basie_fan_site/discography/broadway_basies_way.html Count Basie Discography], accessed November 17, 2015[http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bigband/paradise/favorite/basie42.htm Big Band Paradise] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118233649/http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bigband/paradise/favorite/basie42.htm |date=2015-11-18 }}, accessed November 17, 2015Edwards, D., Callahan, M. & Eyrie. P., [http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/command.html Command Album Discography], accessed November 17, 2015

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}}

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 20

}}}}

AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars stating "On this often unlistenable set, the Count Basie Orchestra plays unimaginative arrangements of a dozen Broadway show tunes".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000908917 |title=Broadway Basie's Way – Review |accessdate=November 17, 2015}}

Track listing

  1. "Hello Young Lovers" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:05
  2. "A Lot of Livin' to Do" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) - 3:01
  3. "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 3:06
  4. "Mame" (Jerry Herman) - 3:14
  5. "On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) - 2:42
  6. "It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) - 2:35
  7. "On the Street Where You Live" (Frederick Loewe, Lerner) - 2:48
  8. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:22
  9. "From This Moment On" (Porter) - 2:40
  10. "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) - 3:01
  11. "People" (Styne, Bob Merrill) - 2:33
  12. "Everything's Coming up Roses" (Styne, Stephen Sondheim) - 3:10
  • Recorded at Finesound Studios in New York on August 18, 1966 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7), September 7, 1966 (track 4) and September 8, 1966 (tracks 2, 6 & 8-12)

Personnel

References

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Category:1966 albums

Category:Count Basie Orchestra albums

Category:Albums produced by Teddy Reig

Category:Albums arranged by Chico O'Farrill

Category:Command Records albums