1937 Count Basie - One O'Clock Jump

1937 Count Basie - One O'Clock Jump

- November 25, 2012

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From: One O'Clock Jump (single); Year: 1937; Genre: Swing Jazz/Blues

Here's another pick which the date of the song's release happens to match the number of today's song pick. In the year 1937 this instrumental jazz standard tore up the charts; it was made the official theme song for Basie's Orchestra and was covered many times by other artists as well. Even today this is quite a popular song that most have probably heard at one time or another. Most Rush fan will also recognize this piece as being sampled in most of Neil Peart's "epic" drum solos in recent years.

Hear One O'Clock Jump on YouTube.

My song pick a year ago today: Nightwish - Storytime

My song pick two years ago today: Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Praise The Lord and Pass the Ammunition

My song pick three years ago today: Nightwish feat. Tapio Wilska - The Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean

My song pick four years ago today: Mason Proffit - Two Hangmen

My song pick five years ago today: Frank Zappa - Don't Eat The Yellow Snow

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MaxNovember 25, 2012 at 1:40 PM
It was amazing what Peart did with this tune.

I always enjoy hearing him tell the story of how he was about to trigger the song sample during a concert and couldn't. He kept on hitting the trigger and it just would not start. So he just played the rest of the solo without it and no one seemed the wiser.
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