May 03,  · Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Sammy Davis* / Count Basie - Our Shining Hour at Discogs. Complete your Sammy Davis* / Count Basie collection/5().

Sammy Davis* / Count Basie ‎– Our Shining Hour Label: La Voz De Su Amo ‎– CSDL , La Voz De Su Amo ‎– CSDL /5(1).

Aug 06,  · Song April In Paris; Artist Sammy Davis Jr., Count Basie; Writers Yip Harburg, Vernon Duke; Licensed to YouTube by UMG (on behalf of Geffen*); PEDL, Warner Chappell, LatinAutor - PeerMusic, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, LatinAutor - Warner Chappell, ASCAP, LatinAutor, CMRRA, and 5 Music Rights Societies.

One of the staples in the Count Basie discography, April in Paris is one of those rare albums that makes its mark as an almost instant classic in the jazz pantheon. April in Paris represents the reassembly of the original Count Basie orchestra that define swing in the s and s. The title track has come to define elegance in orchestral jazz. Though only ten tracks in its original release 10/

Feb 04,  · Count Basie Orchestra - April In Paris from the album April In Paris. Count Basie had the best Swing Big Band on the planet. April In Paris is one of the many hits this band would have.

Aug 21,  · In September of Sammy and Count Basie recorded an album for Verve Records. This is but one of the many hits from that album.

April in Paris is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra, his first released on the Verve label, recorded in and The title track was included in the soundtrack of the video game release Grand Theft Auto IV on the fictitious in-game .

"April in Paris" is a popular song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by Yip Harburg in for the Broadway musical Walk a Little Faster. The original hit was performed by Freddy Martin, and the remake (inspired by the movie of the same name) was by the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, whose version made the Cashbox Top Composer Alec Wilder writes, "There are no two ways about it.