VIDEO / DVD: Backgrounders: Basie With Quincy and Hefti

In 1958, the French Vogue label put out a double LP in Europe entitled Count Basie Plays Quincy Jones and Neal Hefti. Essentially, it was a re-issue of two previous Roulette releases—Basie One More Time: Music From the Pen of Quincy Jones (1960) and Basie Plays Hefti (1958). Both are classics in the Basie canon and remain masterpieces today….