Count Basie – Swingin’ the Blues

The start of this is an exerpt from “One O’clock Jump”, which then moves on to “Swingin’ the Blues”.  Ain’t nothing like a blues that swings so hard and hot!  I’ll let the clip do the talking…

Here’s another with an all star cast, swingin a “Hot and Fast Blues”.  (Check out the smoke coming out of the horn at 1:27 – did he take a hit just before playing!?)