Back To Basie

Directed by trumpet-player Paul Lacey, the award-winning Back To Basie features London session musicians and jazz soloists playing the music of Count Basie's legendary 'Swingin' Machine' - his great orchestra of the 1950s and 1960s, featuring arrangements by Ernie Wilkins, Frank Foster, Neal Hefti, Billy Byers and Quincy Jones.

Straight ahead swing played with dynamics, good humour, and a large dose of the blues! Launched in 2001, Back To Basie have since been presenting concerts with "accuracy and style" throughout Britain and Europe to great reviews.

Back To Basie has been voted Best Big Band in the British Jazz Awards six times - in seven years!