DEBORAH SILVER & THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA

Basie Rocks!

For Your Grammy® Consideration

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Deborah Silver and The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra In celebration of their 90th Anniversary

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"WHERE CLASSIC ROCK MEETS CLASSIC
BIG BAND"

- Steve Jordan

BASIE ROCKS! is a big band celebration of the greatest rock classics from The Beatles,
The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Sting, Peter Frampton & more.

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Produced By

Steve Jordan

FEATURING

Arturo Sandoval - Trumpet

Kurt Elling - Vocals

Bill Frisell - Guitar

George Coleman - Tenor Sax

John Clayton - Bass

Peter Frampton - Guitar

Trombone Shorty - Vocals and Trombone

Wycliffe Gordon - Vocals and Trombone

Steve Jordan - Drums

Herlin Riley - Tambourine, Washboard,
2nd-Line Snare Drum

Monte Croft - vibes

Pedrito Martinez - Percussion
(Congas & Timbales)

Bernard Fowler - Background Vocals

Lisa Fischer - Background Vocals

CO-Produced By

Scotty Barnhart

Arrangers

John Clayton

Andy Farber

Kris Johnson

Scotty Barnhart

LEAD ENGINEER

Dave O'Donnell

Recording ENGINEER

Paul Kronk

Mastering Engineers

Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone

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"Big band beauty…just absolutely brilliant... vocalist Deborah Silver gets the gold."

- Jazz Times

"BIG SCORE!"

- Jazz Journal UK

"Truly have to hear to believe—inventive, infectious and above-all, fun... the result is total sonic satisfaction!"

- All About Jazz

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"Ringer of the week… The Count Basie Orchestra continues to swing, and swing hard. Silver has a strong and confident delivery."

- Jazz Weekly

"A big band jazz love fest! A self-assured jazz singer brimming with musical confidence, Ms. Silver can take a well-deserved bow"

- Roots Music Report

"Masterfully sculpted, and wholly impassioned recording... simply sensational, magnificently propellent, and fervently-charming."

- Exclusive Magazine

"One listen and you know, Deborah Silver is the real deal"

- Quincy Jones

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RECORDED AT

Power Station at BerkleeNYC

Power Station Studios, Pompano Beach, FL

MIXED BY

David O'Donnell and Paul Kronk at

Power Station Studios, Pompano Beach, FL

MASTERED AT

Sterling Sound, NJ

THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA

DIRECTED BY Scotty Barnhart

Scotty Barnhart - Trumpet

David Glasser, Markus Howell, and

Stantawn Kendrick - Alto Saxophones/Flutes

Doug Lawrence and Doug Miller - Tenor Saxophones

Josh Lee - Baritone Saxophone

Isrea Butler - Lead Trombone

Clarence Banks and Mark Williams - Trombones

Ron Wilkins - Bass Trombone

Frank Greene - Lead Trumpet

Shawn Edmonds, Endre Rice, and

Brandon Lee - Trumpets

Glen Pearson - Piano

Will Matthews - Guitar

Trevor Ware - Acoustic Bass

Robert Boone - Drums

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

Patience Higgins - Tenor Saxophone

Ben Williams - Trombone

ADDITIONAL SESSION ENGINEERS

Peter Frampton, Studio Phenix, Nashville, TN

Eder Lemus, Arturo Sandoval Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Marc Urselli, EastSide Sound, NY

Michael Coleman, Figure 8 in Brooklyn

Jesse Solon Snide, Buckjump Studio, New Orleans, LA

Chris Butcher, Butcher Studios, New Orleans, LA

Jorge Castillo Jr, The Studio Plug, Augusta, Georgia

Fred Chester, Ready Freddy Recording, Tallahassee, FL

Vijay Tellis-Nayak, Transient Sound, Chicago, IL

Monte Croft, The Full Monte, NY

Brennan Fulton, Power Station Studios, Pompano Beach, FL

Assistant Engineers

Steven Ludwig

Jon "JD" Baskies

Keira Manwell

Anthony Bustamante

Tristian Andreu

Nicolas Gomez

Rob Roy

Ben Miller

Matthew Soares

Michael Hickey

Aleksi Godard

Justin Klatzko

Cole Flowers

BACKGROUND VOCALS RECORDED AT

The Hit Factory, NYC

PREPRODUCTION

Michael Orland

Wendy Pederson

Jim Gasior

Isaac Klein

Bob Merrill

Phil Hinton

COVER AND BACK COVER PHOTOS

Fadil Berisha

ART DESIGN

Carol Bobolts/Red Herring Design