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

  1. "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 5:18
  2. "It's Sand, Man!" (Hendricks, Lambert, Ed Lewis) – 2:27
  3. "Two for the Blues" (Neal Hefti, Hendricks) – 2:42
  4. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham) – 3:00
  5. "Little Pony" (Hefti, Hendricks) – 2:28
  6. "Down for Double" (Freddie Green, Hendricks, Lambert) – 2:11
  7. "Fiesta in Blue" (Benny Goodman, Hendricks, Lambert, Jimmy Mundy) – 3:14
  8. "Down for the Count" (Frank Foster, Melissa Ritter) – 2:58
  9. "Blues Backstage" (Foster) – 2:58
  10. "Avenue C" (Buck Clayton, Hendricks, Lambert) – 2:52

Personnel

References

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