Jazz luminary Count Basie plays piano in a session with Sonny Payne on drums, Norman Keenan on bass, and Freddie Green at the guitar. Captured in black-and-white for Jazz Casual, music critic Ralph J. Gleason's renowned series for National Educational Television, this performance originally aired May 6, 1968. The program includes footage of Basie reminiscing with producer-host Gleason. The songs performed include "I Don't Know" (3:46); "Handful of Keys" (:25); "Untitled" (1:51); "Squeeze Me" (1:41); "Twenty Minutes After ...
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Jazz luminary Count Basie plays piano in a session with Sonny Payne on drums, Norman Keenan on bass, and Freddie Green at the guitar. Captured in black-and-white for Jazz Casual, music critic Ralph J. Gleason's renowned series for National Educational Television, this performance originally aired May 6, 1968. The program includes footage of Basie reminiscing with producer-host Gleason. The songs performed include "I Don't Know" (3:46); "Handful of Keys" (:25); "Untitled" (1:51); "Squeeze Me" (1:41); "Twenty Minutes After Three" (3:58); "I'm Gonna Love You as Long as I Live" (1:18); "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" (1:02); and "National Educational Television Blues" (2:54). Steve Blackburn, Rovi
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