Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra | ||||
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Live album by Diane Schuur | ||||
Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | February 25, 1987 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 40:30 | |||
Label | GRP | |||
Producer | Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen | |||
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Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra is a 1987 live album by Diane Schuur, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Frank Foster.
Three years after Count Basie's death, the Count Basie Orchestra is featured here as a ghost band, led by Frank Foster. This was also the last performance of Freddie Green, who died a week later.
At the Grammy Awards of 1988, for her performance on Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra, Schuur won her second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.