| Basie Straight Ahead | ||||
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| Studio album by Count Basie and Orchestra | ||||
| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | September 1968 | |||
| Studio | TTG (Los Angeles) | |||
| Genre | Swing Big band | |||
| Label | Dot | |||
| Producer | Tom Mack and Teddy Reig | |||
| Count Basie and Orchestra chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [1] |
Basie Straight Ahead is an album recorded at TTG Studios, Hollywood, California in October 1968 featuring Count Basie and his orchestra. This album marked the first collaboration between Basie and his long-time orchestrator, Sammy Nestico, who composed, arranged and conducted all of the songs on the record.[3] The engineers were Ami Hadani and Thorne Nogar, and the producers were Tom Mack and Teddy Reig. The disc was issued in 1968 on Dot label and on English EMI.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 20. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Basie Straight Ahead at AllMusic
- ^ "Interview: Sammy Nestico (Part 2) - JazzWax". www.jazzwax.com. Retrieved 2018-11-08.