Tony Bennett and Count Basie - Strike up the Band (1959)

01 - Strike Up The Band		play
02 - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans
03 - Chicago
04 - With Plenty Of Money And You
05 - Anything Goes
06 - Life Is A Song
07 - I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
08 - Jeepers Creepers		play
09 - Growing Pains
10 - Poor Little Rich Girl
11 - Are You Havin' Any Fun

Personnel:
    Tony Bennett - vocals
    Ralph Sharon - piano

The Count Basie Orchestra:
    Count Basie - pianist, leader
    Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman - trumpet
    Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
    Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
    Frank Wess, Marshall Royal - alto saxophone
    Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Al Grey - trombone
    Freddie Green - guitar
    Eddie Jones - bass
    Sonny Payne - drums

Tony Bennett recorded two albums with Count Basie and His Orchestra under a contractual agreement giving one of the records to Bennett's label, Columbia, and the other to Basie's, Roulette. The Columbia album, In Person!, was released once, while the Roulette album, initially issued under the title Strike Up The Band, has been re-released by various labels under various titles endlessly. This is one of those reissues, and while one may deplore the duplicitous marketing scheme, the pairing between Bennett and Basie remains impressive. The band raves through tunes like "With Plenty Of Money And You," and Bennett matches them, drawing strength from the bravura arrangements, while band and singer achieve a knowing tenderness on "Growing Pains." This is an album well worth owning; just make sure you don't buy it twice. ---William Ruhlmann, AMG

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