Live at the Sands (Before Frank)
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| Live album by Count Basie and His Orchestra | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | January 26-29 and February 1, 1966 The Copa Room of the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 53:00 | |||
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Reprise 9 45946-2 |
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| Producer | Dana Watson, Matt Pierson and Sonny Burke | |||
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| AllMusic |   |
Live at the Sands (Before Frank) is a live album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie featuring performances recorded in Las Vegas in 1966 at the same concerts that produced Frank Sinatra's 1966 album Sinatra at the Sands and released on the Reprise label in 1998. The album features the warm-up sets by Basie's band prior to Sinatra's performances.
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "this is overall a legendary band doing a somewhat less-than-legendary set, during some gigs that, in fairness, yielded up a great live album elsewhere. The quality is solid live sound, in crisp stereo from a nicely controlled mid-'60s venue, using state-of-the-art equipment". On All About Jazz Ed Kopp noted "The mid-'60s are regarded as a creative low point for the Count Basie Orchestra, but this live recording proves that the Basie band was as stylish and swingin' as ever in 1966, though fewer folks were paying attention".
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