Like Basie! Explained

Like Basie!
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Paul Quinichette
Cover:	Like Basie!.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	March 20, 1959
Studio:	Nola Penthouse Sound Studio, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	35:42
Label:	United Artists UA 4024
Producer:	Jack Lewis
Chronology:	Paul Quinichette
Prev Title:	Basie Reunion
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	Kansas City Joys
Next Year:	1976

Like Basie!, (also released as Like Who? and Paul Quinichette), is an album by American jazz saxophonist Paul Quinichette featuring tracks recorded in 1959 and released on the United Artists label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars and reviewer Scott Yanow stated, "This set features the tenor-saxophonist with Count Basie sidemen both past and present ... Quinichette might have been derivative but he always showed enthusiasm and skill in being creative within the Lester Young approach and this is a fine and formerly obscure effort". On All About Jazz, Nic Jones wrote "Quinichette's allegiance to all things Basie cannot be denied".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Jump the Blues Away" (Ed Lewis) – 5:34
2. "Jump for Me" (Count Basie) – 6:40
3. "Like Basie" (Nat Pierce) – 5:48
4. "The Holy Main" (Pierce, Gene Roland) – 8:01
5. "Big D" (Pierce, Roland) – 3:57
6. "P.Q." (Paul Quinichette) – 5:40

Personnel

• Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
• Harry Edison, Snooky Young, Dick Vance, Shad Collins – trumpet
• Al Grey – trombone
• Nat Pierce – piano
• Freddie Green – guitar
• Eddie Jones – bass
• Jo Jones – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.bsnpubs.com/ua/ua4000-5000.pdf Both Sides Now: United Artists UAL-40000/UAL 4000 mono/UAS 5000 stereo Series
2. https://www.jazzdisco.org/paul-quinichette/catalog/#united-artists-ual-4024 Jazzdisco: Paul Quinichette catalog
3. Jones, N. All About Jazz Review accessed July 30, 2018