Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
The 1955 album that revived the careers of both Basie and Williams is reissued here with three bonus tracks. Williams's elegant style on blues and ballads is a perfect complement to the band's brashness; one highlight, of course, is "Every Day I Have the Blues," theMemphis Slimsong that became a Williams signature. But the team also clicks on material as diverse as "Teach Me Tonight" andPercy Mayfield's proto-protest "Please Send Me Someone to Love."--Rickey Wright