Count Basie & His Orchestra - "April In Paris" label_Saddle Creek Despite much of this year's

Despite much of this year's tour plans being put on pause

and personal series of songs that displays the 6x GRAMMY Award winner's continued growth as one of the finest singer-songwriters of our time

Back From The Dead quickly evolved from songwriting exercises into a matter of survival for the band

recording and finally releasing the follow up to his 1997 breakthrough album Ladies And Gentlemen

sophistication

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "April In Paris" label_Saddle Creek Despite much of this year'sVinyl LP pressing of this album from the Jazz icon. Hailed as an instant classic, this is big band heaven and one of the greatest opening tracks on any album. The album oozes swing and helped reconnect jazz lovers with one of the finest bands of the swing era. Yet there is nothing retrospective in this album; it is alive with vitality, elegance, sophistication and modernity. Tip of the hat to Freddie Green, the man who established the rhythm guitar as