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DJ Chrisbe’s Song of the Week #18: One O’Clock Jump

05.07.2010 by Chris

Next week, I would like to show you one of my favorite versions of One O'Clock Jump. Before that, our song of the week is the original version.

One O'Clock Jump is THE song by the Count Basie Orchestra.

Basie composed the tune, Eddie Durham and Buster Smith did the arrangement. It was recorded 1937 and became their first big success.

It was so popular that Basie used it as the closing song in almost every concert for more than fifty years!

This classic Swing tune is written in the form of a 12-bar blues. Basically it has a simple structure with a series of three riffs. One saxophone, one trumpet and one trompone riff.

Typical is the tenor battle between Herschel Evans and Lester Young. Evans plays the first solo, Young follows. Afterwards those tenor battles became a long Basie tradition.

Count Basie Ken Burns Jazz

Title: One O'Clock Jump
Artist: Count Basie Orchestra
Recorded: July 7, 1937
Tempo: 168 bpm
Dance: Lindy Hop

Click the link to download the song from: Amazon ・ iTunes

You can find the songs of the series also on my Spotify playlist. Official hashtag of the series: #djcsotw

Do you like the “Song of the Week” series? Share your thoughts below.

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Filed Under: Music, Song of the Week Tagged With: DJ Chrisbe, Jazz, Lindy Hop, Swing, Swing DJ'ing

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