Artist: The Leiber-Stoller Big Band
Album: YaketyYak
Release date: February 17th, 2009

Put the Basie band together with Mike Leiber and Jerry Stoller, and you have one swinging affair. In fact, this 1960 album probably has more legends on it than any other album on our entire Collectors’ Choice Music roster. Starting with Leiber and Stoller themselves – perhaps the greatest rock ‘n’ roll songwriting team ever – then featuring such folks as arranger/saxophonist Frank Foster, Red Mitchell, Hank Jones, Sonnny Payne, Ellis Larkin, Kenny Burrell and recording engineer Phil Ramone.

Stoller states in the notes that “We wanted to see, in short, if these songs could get up and walk by themselves,” and, believe us, they run.

The album includes “Yakety Yak,” “Loving You,” “Black Denim Trousers & Motorcycle Boots,” “Bazoom,” “Poison Ivy,” “Kansas City,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” “Don’t,” “Charlie Brown,” and “Hound Dog.” The rockin’-est big band album ever, a Collectors’ Choice Music exclusive!

Sheet Music for this album.

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