Strike Up the Band (Tony Bennett and Count Basie album)

Strike Up the Band

Studio album by

Tony Bennett and the Count Basie Orchestra

Released

May 1959^[1]

Recorded

January 3 & 5, 1959

Studio

Capitol (New York)

Length

27:01

Roulette
SR-25072
SR-25231

Tony Bennett chronology

In Person!
(1959)

Strike Up the Band
(1959)

Hometown, My Town
(1959)

Count Basie Orchestra chronology

In Person!
(1959)

Strike Up the Band
(1959)

Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
(1959)

Alternative cover

Basie Swings, Bennett Sings (SR-25072)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]

Strike Up the Band is a 1959 studio album by Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra. The album was released at first with the title Basie Swings, Bennett Sings as SR-25072, featuring a different cover and track order.

Bennett and Basie recorded two albums together in 1959. The other one, In Person!, was released by Bennett's record label, Columbia, while this album was released by Roulette, Basie's label.

On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection.^[4]

Reception

William Ruhlmann of Allmusic wrote "The band raves through tunes like "With Plenty of Money and You," and Bennett matches them, drawing strength from the bravura arrangements, while band and singer achieve a knowing tenderness on "Growing Pains.""^[5]

Track listing

Side one

"Strike Up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 1:33
"I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 1:44
"Chicago" (Fred Fisher) – 2:07
"With Plenty of Money and You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 1:33
"Anything Goes" (Cole Porter) – 2:20
"Life Is a Song" (Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young) – 2:49

Side two

"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:02
"Jeepers Creepers" (Johnny Mercer, Warren) – 2:08
"Growing Pains" (Dorothy Fields, Schwartz) – 3:33
"Poor Little Rich Girl" (Noël Coward) – 3:30
"Are You Havin' Any Fun?" (Sammy Fain, Jack Yellen) – 2:42

The 1990 compact disc reissue included the ballad "After Supper"

Personnel

Tony Bennett – vocals
Ralph Sharon – piano and arranger

The Count Basie Orchestra:

Count Basie – piano
Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley & Joe Newman – trumpet
Benny Powell, Henry Coker & Al Grey – trombone
Marshal Royal & Frank Wess – alto saxophone
Frank Foster & Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Freddie Green – guitar
Eddie Jones – bass
Sonny Payne – drums

References

^ Billboard May 4, 1959
^ Strike Up the Band at AllMusic
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 148. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
^ Bennett & Basie Strike Up the Band at AllMusic

v t e Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie
Members	John Duke (Bass) Sal Nistico (Tenor Sax) Frank Wess (Alto Sax/Flute) Joe Williams (Vocals) Earle Warren (Alto Sax/Occasional Singer) Preston Love (Alto Sax) Danny House (Alto Sax) Sonny Cohn (trumpet) Reunald Jones (Trumpet) Neal Hefti (Trumpet) Harry Edison (Trumpet) Joe Newman (Trumpet) Lester Young (Tenor Sax) Herschel Evans (Tenor Sax) Jo Jones (Drums) Walter Page (Bass) Bill Hughes (trombone) Dennis Wilson (lead trombone) Grover Mitchell (trombone) Freddie Green (Guitar) Billie Holiday (Vocals) Buck Clayton (Trumpet) Jimmy Rushing (Vocals) Marshal Royal (Alto Sax) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Tenor Sax) Thad Jones (Trumpet) Al Grey (Trombone) John Clayton (Bass) Cleveland Eaton (Bass) Gregg Field (drums) Dennis Rowland (Vocals) Chris Murrell (vocals) Dave Gibson (Drums) Jack Washington (Baritone Sax) Johnny Williams (Baritone Sax) Butch Miles (Drums) Sonny Payne (Drums) Frank Foster (Tenor Sax) George Caldwell (Piano) Charlton Johnson (Guitar) Tony Suggs (Piano) Scotty Barnhart (Trumpet) James Leary (Bass) Brian Gryce (Drums) Will Matthews (guitar) Mel Wanzo (trombone) Kris Johnson (trumpet) Ed Shaughnessy (drums) Bobby Floyd (piano/organ)
1951–1960	Dance Session (1952–54, Clef) Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (with Joe Williams) (1955, Clef) April in Paris (1955–56, Verve) The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards (with Joe Williams) (1956, Verve) Basie in London (live) (1956, Verve) One O'Clock Jump (with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald) (1957, Verve) Count Basie at Newport (live) (1957, Verve) E = MC² (1958, Roulette) Basie Plays Hefti (1958, Roulette) No Count Sarah (with Sarah Vaughan) (1958, EmArcy) Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959, Roulette) Welcome to the Club (Uncredited) (Nat King Cole) (1959, Capitol) In Person! (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Columbia) Chairman of the Board (1959, Roulette) Strike Up the Band (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Roulette) Basie/Eckstine Incorporated (with Billy Eckstine) (1959, Roulette) Everyday I Have the Blues (with Joe Williams) (1959, Roulette) The Count Basie Story (1960, Roulette) I Gotta Right to Swing (Uncredited) (Sammy Davis Jr.) (1960, Decca)
1961–1970	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with Duke Ellington) (1961, Columbia) The Legend (1961, Roulette) Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (with Sarah Vaughan) (1961, Roulette) Basie at Birdland (live) (1961, Roulette) Easin' It (1962, Roulette) Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (with Frank Sinatra) (1962, Reprise) On My Way & Shoutin' Again! (1963, Verve) Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! (1963, Verve) This Time by Basie! (1963, Verve) Ella and Basie! (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1963, Verve) Basie Land (1964, Verve) It Might as Well Be Swing (with Frank Sinatra) (1964, Reprise) Basie Picks the Winners (1965, Verve) Our Shining Hour (with Sammy Davis Jr.) (1965, Verve) Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (with Arthur Prysock) (1965, Verve) Basie's Beatle Bag (1965, Verve) Broadway Basie's...Way (1966, Command) Basie Meets Bond (1966, United Artists) Hollywood...Basie's Way (1966, Command) Sinatra at the Sands (live, with Frank Sinatra) (1966, Reprise) Basie's Beat (1967, Verve) Half a Sixpence (1967, Dot) The Board of Directors (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) The Board of Directors Annual Report (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) Basie Straight Ahead (1969, Dot) Standing Ovation (1969, Dot) Afrique (1970, RCA Victor) Basie on the Beatles (1970, Happy Tiger)
1971–1980	Have A Nice Day (1971, Daybreak) Bing 'n' Basie (with Bing Crosby) (1972, Daybreak) Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (live) (1972, Pablo) The Bosses (with Big Joe Turner) (1973, Pablo) Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo) Fun Time (1975, Pablo) I Told You So (1976, Pablo) Prime Time (1977, Pablo) Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) Live in Japan '78 (live) (1978, Pablo) On the Road (1979, Pablo) Digital III at Montreux (live) (1979, Pablo) A Classy Pair (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) A Perfect Match (live, with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) Kansas City Shout (1980, Pablo)
1981–1990	Warm Breeze (1981, Pablo) Send in the Clowns (Sarah Vaughan) (1981, Pablo) Farmer's Market Barbecue (1982, Pablo) 88 Basie Street (1983, Pablo) Me and You (1983, Pablo) Fancy Pants (final album with Count Basie) (1983, Pablo) Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon) Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (live, with Diane Schuur) (1987, GRP) The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon)
1991–2000	The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.) The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc) Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc) Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel) At Long Last (with Rosemary Clooney) (1998, Concord) Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA) Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)
2001–present	Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006, Concord) Basie is Back (2007, MAMA) Midnight in Manhattan (2007, Aspirion) A Swingin' Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band) (with Tony Bennett) (2008, Columbia) A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas! (2015)
Small-group sessions	Basie Jam (1973, Pablo) For the First Time (1974, Pablo) Basie & Zoot (with Zoot Sims) (1975, Pablo) For the Second Time (1975, Pablo) Basie Jam 2 (1976, Pablo) Basie Jam 3 (1976, Pablo) Kansas City 5 (1977, Pablo) The Gifted Ones (with Dizzy Gillespie) (1977, Pablo) Basie Jam: Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) Satch and Josh...Again (with Oscar Peterson) (1977, Pablo) Night Rider (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) Yessir, That's My Baby (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) Kansas City 7 (1980, Pablo) Kansas City 6 (1981, Pablo) Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983, Pablo)

Studio albums

1950s	Because of You Cloud 7 Tony The Beat of My Heart Long Ago and Far Away In Person! Strike Up the Band Hometown, My Town
1960s	To My Wonderful One Tony Sings for Two Alone Together Sings a String of Harold Arlen My Heart Sings I Left My Heart in San Francisco I Wanna Be Around... This Is All I Ask The Many Moods of Tony When Lights Are Low Who Can I Turn To If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set The Movie Song Album Tony Makes It Happen For Once in My Life Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album I've Gotta Be Me
1970s	Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today! Tony Bennett's "Something" Love Story Summer of '42 With Love The Good Things in Life Life Is Beautiful The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album Together Again
1980s–90s	The Art of Excellence Bennett/Berlin Astoria: Portrait of the Artist Perfectly Frank Steppin' Out Here's to the Ladies Tony Bennett on Holiday Tony Bennett: The Playground Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool
2000s–20s	Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues A Wonderful World The Art of Romance Duets: An American Classic A Swingin' Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band) Duets II Viva Duets Cheek to Cheek The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern Love Is Here to Stay Love for Sale

Live albums

Compilations

Singles

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and specials

Documentaries

The Zen of Bennett

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