WHIRLY BIRD, Stephanie Trick Paolo Alderighi

Count Basie and his band recorded an explosively swinging album in 1957, with arrangements by Neal Hefti, entitled The Atomic Mr. Basie. The collaboration of Hefti and Basie was quite fruitful, as Hefti knew exactly how to put the band and its topflight soloists in the best possible light (in this case, Eddie Lockjaw Davis on tenor sax). We have been wanting to adapt the breathless and driving big band chart of Whirly Bird to fourhands piano for a long time and are happy to present this version. If you enjoyed this video, please subscribe to our channel If you like the music we play (fourhands piano, classic jazz, stride piano, swing, blues, boogie woogie, ragtime, and the Great American Songbook), please visit us here: Subscribe to our newsletter: Become part of our Patreon family Learn about the different benefits here: Thank you so much for watching