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January 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
From The Archives: The Fred Wesley Interview
Sometimes the interview goes better than you could have planned – you’re into it, you want it to go well but the person on the other end of the line is a total pro, more than they they seem real – even if it’s the Staged-Interview Version of Real. So it was for me with […]Archive
May 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Count Basie Orchestra (May 26, Wgtn)
Count Basie Orchestra: 80th Anniversary Tour Opera House Tuesday, May 26 It’s the 80th Anniversary Tour, celebrating 80 years since Count Basie first formed his Orchestra. William James “Count” Basie breathed his last in April of 1984 – and only a couple of the members of this current line-up ever worked with him – so […]Archive
January 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman