One O'Clock Jump
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| “One O'Clock Jump” | ||
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| Single by Count Basie | ||
| B-side | "John's Idea" | |
| Released | 1937 | |
| Recorded | July 7, 1937, New York, NY | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 3:02 | |
| Label | Decca 1363 |
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| Writer(s) | Count Basie Eddie Durham (arr.) Buster Smith (arr.) |
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- For the 1957 album featuring Count Basie, Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald see One O'Clock Jump (album)
"One O'Clock Jump" is a jazz standard written in 1937 by Count Basie, but with arrangement from Eddie Durham and Buster Smith.[citation needed] The original recording of the tune by Basie and his band is noted for the saxophone work of Herschel Evans and Lester Young; trumpeting by Buck Clayton, Walter Page on bass, and Basie himself on piano.[1] It was reportedly titled "Blue Ball", at first, but a radio announcer feared that title was too risqué.[2] It was listed in the Songs of the Century.
Typical of Basie's early riff style. Instrumentation based on blues form where each section makes up their part based on what the other sections are playing. Individuals take turns improvising over the top of the entire sound.
Rush drummer Neil Peart uses this standard to conclude his drum solos in live concerts since 2002.
[edit] Appearance in film and television[3]
- The Tuskegee Airmen
- The Grass Harp (1995 film version)
- Harlem Nights
- Enigma
