Sound of Jazz “Dickie’s Dream“ CBS 1957 / Count Basie All Stars

Count Basie All Stars: Emmett Berry, Doc Cheatham, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Roy Eldridge, Vic Dickenson, Benny Morton, Dicky Wells, Earl Warren, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, Freddie Green, Eddie Jones, Jo Jones The Sound of Jazz brought together 32 leading musicians from the swing era including Count Basie, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Jo Jones and Coleman Hawkins; the Chicago style players of the same era, like Henry “Red“ Allen, Vic Dickenson, and Pee Wee Russell; and younger ’modernist’ musicians such as Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, and Jimmy Giuffre. These players played separately with their compatriots (see the song list below), but also joined to combine various styles in one group, such as Red Allen’s group and the group backing Billie Holiday on “Fine and Mellow“.