1971 studio album by Count Basie
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Have a Nice Day studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra , with all music composed and arranged by Sammy Nestico .[ 1]
This was Basie's debut recording for Daybreak.
Sammy Nestico , a graduate of Duquesne University who worked for the US Air Force Band, primarily the Airmen of Note, in Washington, DC for 12 years after World War II, had at this time been writing for Basie for four years.
On this album Basie recorded the song Scott's Place written for KFI jazz DJ Scott Ellsworth. Like all other cuts on the LP it was composed by Sammy Nestico . This later became the theme music for Ellsworth's night time radio program.
The title track of this album was also used as theme music. Radio personality J.P. McCarthy used Have a Nice Day to open his "Morning Music Hall" on WJR , a powerful Detroit AM radio station, for several years in the early to mid 1970s. McCarthy overlaid the first few bars of the song with the sound of a wind-up alarm clock, first ticking and then ringing, to greet his listeners each morning.
The album was reissued on CD in West Germany by EmArcy Records (Catalog #824 867–2) and Marketed by Phonogram. (CD itself says "Made in W. Germany by Polygram")
"Have a Nice Day" – 3:14 "The Plunger" – 3:42 "Jamie" – 3:22 "It's About Time" – 3:03 "This Way" – 2:28 "Scott's Place" – 3:53 "Doin' Basie's Thing" – 2:48 "The Spirit Is Willing" – 3:00 "Small Talk" – 3:28 "You 'N Me" – 2:55 "Feelin' Free"" – 2:40 All music composed by Sammy Nestico .
The Count Basie Orchestra
Members 1951–1960 Dance Session (1952–54, Clef)Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings Joe Williams ) (1955, Clef)April in Paris The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards Joe Williams ) (1956, Verve)Basie in London One O'Clock Jump Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald ) (1957, Verve)Count Basie at Newport E = MC² Basie Plays Hefti No Count Sarah Sarah Vaughan ) (1958, EmArcy)Breakfast Dance and Barbecue Welcome to the Club Nat King Cole ) (1959, Capitol)In Person! Tony Bennett ) (1959, Columbia)Chairman of the Board Strike Up the Band Tony Bennett ) (1959, Roulette)Basie/Eckstine Incorporated Billy Eckstine ) (1959, Roulette)Everyday I Have the Blues Joe Williams ) (1959, Roulette)The Count Basie Story I Gotta Right to Swing Sammy Davis Jr. ) (1960, Decca) 1961–1970 First Time! The Count Meets the Duke Duke Ellington ) (1961, Columbia)The Legend (1961, Roulette)Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan ) (1961, Roulette)Basie at Birdland Easin' It Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First Frank Sinatra ) (1962, Reprise)On My Way & Shoutin' Again! Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! This Time by Basie! Ella and Basie! Ella Fitzgerald ) (1963, Verve)Basie Land It Might as Well Be Swing Frank Sinatra ) (1964, Reprise)Basie Picks the Winners Our Shining Hour Sammy Davis Jr. ) (1965, Verve)Arthur Prysock and Count Basie Arthur Prysock ) (1965, Verve)Basie's Beatle Bag Broadway Basie's...Way Basie Meets Bond Hollywood...Basie's Way Sinatra at the Sands Frank Sinatra ) (1966, Reprise)Basie's Beat Half a Sixpence The Board of Directors The Mills Brothers ) (1968, Dot)The Board of Directors Annual Report The Mills Brothers ) (1968, Dot)Basie Straight Ahead Standing Ovation Afrique Basie on the Beatles Happy Tiger ) 1971–1980 Have A Nice Day Bing 'n' Basie Bing Crosby ) (1972, Daybreak)Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 The Bosses Big Joe Turner ) (1973, Pablo)Basie Big Band Fun Time I Told You So Prime Time Montreux '77 Live in Japan '78 On the Road Digital III at Montreux A Classy Pair Ella Fitzgerald ) (1979, Pablo)A Perfect Match Ella Fitzgerald ) (1979, Pablo)Kansas City Shout 1981–1990 Warm Breeze Send in the Clowns Sarah Vaughan ) (1981, Pablo)Farmer's Market Barbecue 88 Basie Street Me and You Fancy Pants Count Basie ) (1983, Pablo)Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon)Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra Diane Schuur ) (1987, GRP)The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon) 1991–2000 The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.)The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc)Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc)Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel)At Long Last Rosemary Clooney ) (1998, Concord)Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA)Swing Shift (1999, MAMA) 2001–present Small-group Basie Jam For the First Time Basie & Zoot Zoot Sims ) (1975, Pablo)For the Second Time Basie Jam 2 Basie Jam 3 Kansas City 5 The Gifted Ones Dizzy Gillespie ) (1977, Pablo)Basie Jam: Montreux '77 Satch and Josh...Again Oscar Peterson ) (1977, Pablo)Night Rider Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers Yessir, That's My Baby Kansas City 7 Kansas City 6 Mostly Blues...and Some Others
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