NEW VINYL LP ON JAZZ TRACKS 2009 180 GRAM VINYL. The release of this album in late 1957 marked the beginning of a glorious new phase in Count Basie's career. Signed to Roulette Records, the newly formed label owned by Morris Levy, the New York recording entrepreneur, jukebox mogul, club owner, and quasi-underworld figure, it took Basie's core audience and a lot of other people by surprise, as a bold, forward-looking statement within the context of a big-band recording -- if not as daring as what Duke Ellington had done at Newport in 1956, still a reminder that there was room for fresh, even dazzling improvisation (especially courtesy of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis's contribution) within the framework of a big-band jazz unit. Tracklist The Kid From Red Bank 2:38Duet 4:10After Supper 3:22Flight Of The Foo Birds 3:21Double -O 2:45Teddy The Toad 3:40Whirly-Bird 3:46Midnite Blue 4:25Splanky 3:35Fantail 3:50Lil' Darlin' 4:47
