Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)

Count Basie and His Orchestra · 1955 · Composé par Freddie Green, enregistré le 26 juillet 1955, sur April in Paris (Verve)

Context

Composed by Freddie Green and recorded by the Count Basie orchestra on July 26, 1955 at Fine Sound in New York under the title Corner Pocket, on April in Paris (Verve). Lyrics by Donald E. Wolf later gave it its second title, Until I Met You, which Manhattan Transfer sang at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1987.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Modern big bands, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.

By the same artist

• Corner Pocket (1956)
• Shiny Stockings (1956)
• April in Paris (Count Basie) (1956)
• Sweetie Cakes (1956)
• Li'l Darlin' (1957)
• Splanky (1958)

Sources

• EN: April in Paris (album)
• EN: Corner Pocket
• sandybrownjazz.co.uk

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