Sing a Song of Basie
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{{Infobox album
| name = Sing a Song of Basie
| type = album
| artist = Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
| cover = Sing_a_Song_of_Basie.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1958
| recorded = August 26 – November 26, 1957
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 30:08
| label = Am-Par Record Corporation{{cite book|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77972005/sing-a-song-of-basie-lambert-hendrick/ |title=Record Review, (New York) Daily News - Newspapers.com |accessdate=2021-05-19|last1=Watt |first1=Douglas |year=1958 }}
| producer = Creed Taylor
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Sing Along with Basie
| next_year = 1958
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r142478|label=Sing a Song of Basie}}
| rev2 = Disc
| rev2score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Unusual, enterprising controversial: You must hear it! |last=Hall |first=Tony |author-link=Tony Hall (music executive) |magazine=Disc |date=8 November 1958 |issue=40 |page=6}}
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| page = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/123 123]
}}
| rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=861}}
}}
Sing a Song of Basie is the 1958 debut album by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WL3uW3zmO4YC&q=Sing+a+Song+of+Basie+lambert+hendricks+and+ross+1957&pg=PA132 |title=Jazz: A Regional Exploration - Scott Yanow - Google Books |isbn=9780313328718 |accessdate=2020-05-15|last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |year=2005 }}
Track listing
- "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 5:18
- "It's Sand, Man!" (Hendricks, Lambert, Ed Lewis) – 2:27
- "Two for the Blues" (Neal Hefti, Hendricks) – 2:42
- "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham) – 3:00
- "Little Pony" (Hefti, Hendricks) – 2:28
- "Down for Double" (Freddie Green, Hendricks, Lambert) – 2:11
- "Fiesta in Blue" (Benny Goodman, Hendricks, Lambert, Jimmy Mundy) – 3:14
- "Down for the Count" (Frank Foster, Melissa Ritter) – 2:58
- "Blues Backstage" (Foster) – 2:58
- "Avenue C" (Buck Clayton, Hendricks, Lambert) – 2:52
Personnel
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – vocals:
- Dave Lambert
- Jon Hendricks
- Annie Ross
- Nat Pierce – piano
- Freddie Green – guitar
- Eddie Jones – double bass
- Sonny Payne – drums
References
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