Count Basie & His Orchestra - "April In Paris" label_Saddle Creek recording and finally releasing the

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

The recording was originally broadcasted as a live-stream event on the winter solstice of 2020

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

" The 20-track set is home to hit lead single "Hotline Bling

Producer Marshall Chess suggested that Muddy Waters recorded it in an attempt to appeal to a rock audience

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "April In Paris" label_Saddle Creek recording and finally releasing theVinyl 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