Count Basie Orchestra w. Irene Reid

[@yardie4169]

Great vocals by Miss Reid and very tight orchestration

[@TheWendyJohnson]

Damn! This is pure perfection.

[@j.coriolano6662]

These
geniuses should never die! ...

[@tomneville8312]

New to me, must find out more about this lady

[@1200sbeemer]

Basie had one of the greatest bands/orchestras only the best musicians.

[@kathrynmcmorrow7170]

Imagine being born with pipes like this!

[@crimfan]

She worked hard, hard, to get them this good, though, guaranteed.

[@bsshh]

Golden!!!
I remember hearing Irene standing outside of Dino's lounge in Philly in the late 70"s..
She's a Treasure!!!

[@kimr5479]

My favorite female singer of all time. My father God rest his soul had her album room for one more. I still have the album to this day! I believe it came out in 1965.

[@caddy286]

So do I. Wish they would reissue this album

[@randallriley]

Irene, Basie and the blues.. oh yeah!

[@MALDUN1]

Just wish somebody would release Irene's earlier work.

[@massmanute]

To my naive ear the styling of this piece reminds me of Joe Williams, which I consider a great complement.

[@maxkostikov]

Song called "Blackwater Blues"

[@kempfkempfkempf]

Backwater Blues en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backwater_Blues

[@jerrybauer8108]

That is the music we would get high on

[@2Brian]

Blow that horn, daddy!

[@transientgirl6106]

does anyone know where I can find the full video of this concert? It used to be uploaded on youtube but I can't find it anywhere now