What's that slow number that sounds a bit like ...

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Haydn · #1 Post by **Haydn** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:25 am

... Shiny Stockings, but isn't? It's an instrumental with lots of brass, and, I think, some piano. Sounds just like 50s/60s Count Basie.

Nate Dogg · #2 Post by **Nate Dogg** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:37 am

Is it obscure? Where have you heard it? How do you define slow?

For example, you could be describing "Li'l Darlin', but that song is on a lot of CDs and pretty common, I figure you are looking for something much more rare.

A lot of songs match your description.

Nathan

Eyeball · #3 Post by **Eyeball** » Tue May 23, 2006 2:11 pm

I'm just going to throw a song title out - Satin Doll.

It's an instrumental with piano and brass.

The original post is just a bit vague.

Toon Town Dave · #4 Post by **Toon Town Dave** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:17 pm

There's always that version of Easy Does It by the Big 18, it sounds very Basie-esque. DJs used to play it a lot, the CD is virtually impossible to find.

trev · #5 Post by **trev** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:56 pm

Toon Town Dave wrote:There's always that version of Easy Does It by the Big 18, it sounds very Basie-esque. DJs used to play it a lot, the CD is virtually impossible to find.

Except for the copy i picked up for a bargain on ebay a few weeks ago!.

I'd suggest the track could also be "Corner Pocket" by Basie

Haydn · #6 Post by **Haydn** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:13 am

Nate Dogg wrote:Is it obscure? Where have you heard it? How do you define slow?

For example, you could be describing "Li'l Darlin', but that song is on a lot of CDs and pretty common, I figure you are looking for something much more rare.

A lot of songs match your description.

Nathan

It's not obsure. I heard it at The 100 Club in London on Monday, but have heard it before. Speed is about 125bpm (about the same as the slower versions of Shiny Stockings). It's not Li'l Darlin'. It could actually be Oscar Peterson. The riff sounds like Shiny Stockings, but shorter. If I don't find it soon, I'll ask the DJ when I see him and post the answer here.

Haydn · #7 Post by **Haydn** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:13 am

trev wrote:
Toon Town Dave wrote:There's always that version of Easy Does It by the Big 18, it sounds very Basie-esque. DJs used to play it a lot, the CD is virtually impossible to find.
Except for the copy i picked up for a bargain on ebay a few weeks ago!.

I'd suggest the track could also be "Corner Pocket" by Basie

No, it's not Easy Does It or Corner Pocket.

Haydn · #8 Post by **Haydn** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:14 am

Eyeball wrote:I'm just going to throw a song title out - Satin Doll.

It's an instrumental with piano and brass.

The original post is just a bit vague.

Nope, not Satin Doll.

CafeSavoy · #9 Post by **CafeSavoy** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:30 am

You could try "down for the count" or one of the other Frank Foster songs.

Haydn · #10 Post by **Haydn** » Wed May 24, 2006 9:23 am

CafeSavoy wrote:You could try "down for the count" or one of the other Frank Foster songs.

Thanks, but it's not "Down for the Count"

Haydn · #11 Post by **Haydn** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:06 am

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'll ask the DJ who played it when I see him again, and post the answer here.

julius · #12 Post by **julius** » Wed May 24, 2006 5:10 pm

Maybe too obvious, but, uh, Splanky?

trev · #13 Post by **trev** » Wed May 24, 2006 7:11 pm

Could also be "The Slider" or maybe "Redhead"?

Haydn · #14 Post by **Haydn** » Sat May 27, 2006 2:28 pm

Well. I was listening to some tracks on my iPod the other day, and I heard it again. Guess what? It's Shiny Stockings

, in its' slower, instrumental version, as on track 17 of the following CD -

Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Count Basie
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005 ... 821?n=5174

The slightly faster, Ella Fitzgerald vocal version, which I knew as Shiny Stockings is track 18 from this CD -

Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Ella Fitzgerald
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005 ... 821?n=5174

I've just listened to both versions, and they actually feel quite different, which is probably what confused me. I think the longer instrumental version is better to dance to (in general instrumental versions seem better to dance to than vocals). In this case, I got to know Shiny Stockings as a vocal, and occasionally heard the instrumental without realising it was the same track. In my mind, Shiny Stockings had a singer, and this track didn't.

Eyeball · #15 Post by **Eyeball** » Sat May 27, 2006 10:32 pm

The melody.......the melody......