Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra

Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra is a 1987 live album by Diane Schuur, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Frank Foster.

Three years after Count Basie's death, the Count Basie Orchestra is featured here as a ghost band, led by Frank Foster. This was also the last performance of Freddie Green, who died a week later.

At the Grammy Awards of 1988, for her performance on Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra, Schuur won her second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.

Track listing

 * 1) "Deedles' Blues" (Morgan Ames) – 3:30
 * 2) "Caught a Touch of Your Love" (James Best (A.K.A. James Bugno), Craig Bickhardt, Jack Keller) – 3:13
 * 3) "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 4:24
 * 4) "I Just Found Out About Love" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:45
 * 5) "Travelin' Blues" (Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck) – 4:04
 * 6) "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:09
 * 7) "You Can Have It" (Ames, Frank Foster) – 3:25
 * 8) "Only You" (Ames, Bob Florence) – 4:44
 * 9) "Everyday" (Peter Chatman) – 3:09
 * 10) "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 4:06
 * 11) "Until I Met You" (Freddie Green, Don Wolf) – 2:53
 * 12) "Climbing Higher Mountains" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:34

Performance

 * Diane Schuur - vocals, piano
 * Count Basie Orchestra:
 * Frank Foster - arranger, tenor saxophone
 * Lynn Seaton - double bass
 * Dennis Mackrel - drums
 * Freddie Green - guitar
 * Danny Turner - alto saxophone
 * Danny House
 * John Williams - baritone saxophone
 * Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
 * Kenny Hing
 * Clarence Banks - trombone
 * Bill Hughes - bass trombone
 * Mel Wanzo - lead trombone
 * Dennis Wilson - trombone
 * Sonny Cohn - trumpet
 * Melton Mustafa - trumpet
 * Bob Ojeda - trumpet
 * Byron Stripling - lead trumpet

Production

 * Dave Grusin - executive producer
 * Larry Rosen - executive producer
 * Morgan Ames - producer
 * Jeffrey Weber - producer
 * Robert DeLaGarza - assistant engineer
 * Bill-Dog Dooley
 * Mark McKenna
 * Mike Morongell
 * Claudio Ordenes
 * Andy Baltimore - design, creative director
 * David Gibb - design
 * Dave Kunze
 * Ivan Salgado
 * Dan Serrano
 * Bruce Botnick - digital editing, editing
 * Allen Sides - engineer
 * Takao Ogawa - liner notes
 * John S. Wilson
 * Aaron A. Woodward - management
 * Wally Traugott - mastering
 * Judy Clapp - mixing, mixing assistant
 * Don Murray - mixing
 * Glenn Wexler photography, cover photo
 * Mike Johnson - photography
 * Janet Van Ham