Thursday, December 23, 2021

Marshall Royal "The Midnight Sun Never Sets"

 


From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.

The lead alto player from Count Basie's New Testament Band of the 50s and 60s, Marshall Royal, is featured on Quincy Jones' The Midnight Sun Never Sets.  From a 1965 BBC performance by the Count Basie Orchestra.

Wallace Davenport, Sonny Cohn, Al Aarons, Phil Guilbeau – trumpet
Grover Mitchell, Henderson Chambers, Al Grey – trombone
Bill Hughes – bass trombone
Marshal Royal – alto saxophone, clarinet
Bobby Plater – alto saxophone, flute, arranger
Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone, flute, arranger
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Count Basie – piano
Freddie Green – guitar
Norman Keenan – bass
Rufus Jones – drums


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