Count Basie Orch. & Jimmy Rushing - Blues In the Dark, 1938

Count Basie & His Orchestra – Blues In the Dark, Fox-Trot (C. Basie) with Vocal chorus by James Rushing, Decca Jan 3,1938 (USA)

Performers: Buck Clayton (tp,arr) Ed Lewis, Karl George (tp) Eddie Durham (tb,arr) Bennie Morton, Dan Minor (tb) Earl Warren (as,bassax) Herschel Evans (ts) Lester Young (ts,cl) Jack Washington (alto,bar) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d) Jimmy Rushing (vcl)

NOTE: Jimmy RUSHING (b. James Andrew Rushing in 1902 in Oklahoma City, died 1972 in New York) one of leading artists among American male blues singers of the Swing era. From 1935 to 1948 he worked with Count Basie's big band. He sang and recorded with many prominent American jazz musicians, including Benny Goodman, Eddie Condon, Zoot Sims. Because of his powerful physique, he was known as Mr. Five by Five.