Count Basie Orchestra

Frank Foster – Leader and Tenor Soloist

Sweet Willie Singleton – Lead Trumpet

ZDF-TV Live Broadcast

July 13, 1987

This is a Count Basie Orchestra under the Direction of Frank Foster live broadcast recording dated July 13, 1987 by way of ZDF-TV
Sweet Willie Singleton played lead trumpet on this 1987 tour.

This is a German television broadcast. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate.

The the three tunes featured on this musical video broadcast are:
Frankie & Johnny
A Foggy Day in London Town featuring Carmen Bradford on Vocals
One O’Clock Jump

Personnel:

Frank Foster – Musical Director and Tenor Soloist

Trumpets:
Sonny Cohn (Jazz Trumpet Soloist)
Melton Mustafa
Bob Ojeda
Sweet Willie Singleton (Lead Trumpet)

Trombones:
Bill Hughes
Robert Trowers
Mel Wanzo
Clarence Banks

Saxes:
Danny House (Alto Sax Soloist)
Eric Dixon
Danny Turner
Kenny Hing
John Williams

Rhythm Section:
Donald Tee Carson (piano)
Gerry Eastman (guitar)
Bill Moring (bass)
Dennis Mackrel (drums)

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