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Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra

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
Diane Schuur chronology
Timeless
(1986)
Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra
(1987)
Talkin' 'bout You'
(1988)
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Allmusic 4.5/5 stars

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.


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