Basie’s use of space on “Oh, Lady Be Good” is one of the great miracles. I talked about it with Stanley Crouch and I played it for him on the piano to demonstrate how it was easy to imitate, but difficult to imitate well, like Italian food in Italy. He listened and said, “Mean.”
Wow, so close! I wonder what Chet wanted.
Basie’s use of space on “Oh, Lady Be Good” is one of the great miracles. I talked about it with Stanley Crouch and I played it for him on the piano to demonstrate how it was easy to imitate, but difficult to imitate well, like Italian food in Italy. He listened and said, “Mean.”