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  1. Count Basie and Ray Charles - together at last

    • Pete Marsh
    • 26 Aug 06, 01:10 PM

    Concord records and Starbucks are planning a release this autumn that features Ray Charles singing with the Count Basie Orchestra, all accomplished through the marvels of digital technology. The two never played together while they were alive, of course. This kind of thing has been done before, but as far as I know it's the first time two dead musicians have been united post-mortem. It does seem to be entirely contrary to the spirit of the music to do something like this, and makes me wonder if the music industry has any more 'collaborations that never were' up their sleeves. Perhaps we'll get to hear Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix together after all. Perish the thought.

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    • At 05:45 PM on 29 Aug 2006,
    • King Kennytone wrote:

    Good ol' BBC£3 enters the erm er.. blogosphere with a vengeance, innit!

    Now come on, Peter, man: get a few of them ol' rapidshare links up... wot about digitizin' some classic ol' sessions outta the Jazz In Britain bin in the archive?

    eh what? ahem..

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    • At 09:53 AM on 30 Aug 2006,
    • Fathead Bluesnik wrote:

    Fo' info:

    Ray Charles, Basie [and Oscar Peterson] DID ALL "play together" on a Norman Granz managed European tour in the late 70s ~ In Berlin they put three pianos together for them ...

    When are the tapes of RAY & HIS GREAT EARLY SEPTET at the 1957 Carnegie Hall Concert ~ the one from which the Monk/Trane Bluenote album came ~ going to be released ? Ed Blackwell is on drums.

    HONK! BN.

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    • At 11:48 AM on 30 Aug 2006,
    • King Kennytone wrote:

    I think that the deceased [and their music] should be replaced..

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    Thanks Bluesnik for the correction...

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    • At 10:07 AM on 16 Sep 2006,
    • gregg Field wrote:

    I believe Ray Charles was alive when he recorded these vocals and Basie's band continues today and occasionaly wins Grammys,

    Have you heard the CD yet?

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    • At 10:07 AM on 16 Sep 2006,
    • gregg Field wrote:

    I believe Ray Charles was alive when he recorded these vocals and Basie's band continues today and occasionaly wins Grammys,

    Have you heard the CD yet?

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