My #1 historical performance has to be the Battle Royal recording with Count Basie and Duke Ellington's Big Bands. They set up the room with the two bands facing each other. And they pumped out the sound. I can picture the two bands treating it like a heavyweight fight. The Battle Royal song is an absolute barn burner that builds and builds until the two bands turn to Cat Anderson to say "bring us home".

I would have killed to be in that room. As much for the recording as for what must have bee… Continue

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