Our Shining Hour

by Count Basie, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Overview

This is one of popular entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr's best jazz-oriented albums, featuring Davis with the Count Basie Orchestra performing arrangements by Quincy Jones. Unfortunately, the personnel of the Basie band is not given, but the orchestra mostly acts as a prop behind Davis much of the time anyway. The singer is heard in top form on "Teach Me Tonight," "Work Song," and "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" and adding a bit of tap dancing to a lighthearted "Bill Basie Won't You Please Come Home." Some of the more poppish tunes, such as "Blues for Mr. Charlie" and "She's a Woman," are a bit dated, but, in general, fans of Sammy Davis, Jr will want this set. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	12/01/2023
Label:	Universal
UPC:	4988031592854
Rank:	76552

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Count Basie   Primary Artist,Piano
Sammy Davis, Jr.   Primary Artist,Vocals
Quincy Jones   Conductor

Technical Credits

Vinicius de Moraes   Composer
Dennis Drake   Digital Remastering
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Peggy Lee   Composer
Jonah Jones   Composer
Little Sammy Davis   Composer
Joseph McCarthy   Composer
Sammy Davis, Jr.   Composer
Richard Seidel   Preparation
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Phil Schaap   Research
Nat Adderley   Composer
Quincy Jones   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
Jim Davis   Producer
Oscar Brown, Jr.   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Paul Ramey   Preparation
Lawrence Stock   Composer
Joseph Allan McCarthy   Composer
Bailey Basie   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Bobby Sharp   Composer
Gene DePaul   Composer
Vernon Duke   Composer
Larry Stock   Composer
Count Basie   Composer
James Cavanaugh   Composer
Cy Coleman   Composer
Fats Waller   Composer
Russ Morgan   Composer
Gene Paul   Composer