Philip Larkin once described Basie's band as being like a Roman Legion on the move. As you say, the tremendous power is balanced by the leader's spacious solos. Great stuff.

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🙌😄🤣 Hail the Super Sploot! demonstrated whilst flying the light fantastic… Rusty👑 …In return, I give ye ‘Bean the Origami Dog’ (our other wee beastie) the envy of Yoga experts worldwide…

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I got a couple of good stories abt Billie Holiday (my fav) too from Haden. :)) Billie Holiday really was something! Amazing vocalist!

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Nice. I have the CD somewhere, but never got around to play it that much. Fun fact: I spent the good part of a couple of days with Charlie Haden and Jim Hall some years ago. Haden was a funny guy and threw a few funny stories abt Keith Jarrett too (no bad words). :)

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I love this record so much...

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