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Vine street rumble count basie biography

          Kansas City's VINE STREET RUMBLE Jazz Orchestra, directed by Kent Rausch, was formed to honor the legacy of the "golden era" of our city's world renowned jazz..

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        1. As originally recorded by Count Basie on the Roulette LP (Vogue CD) "Kansas City Suite - the Music of Benny Carter," this is a medium-up Shuffle feel.
        2. Kansas City's VINE STREET RUMBLE Jazz Orchestra, directed by Kent Rausch, was formed to honor the legacy of the "golden era" of our city's world renowned jazz.
        3. Kansas City's Vine Street Rumble is a new big band dedicated to recreating for Kansas City in the music which defined Kansas City in the s.
        4. Benny Carter's Vine Street Rumble is best known for being the first movement of his Kansas City Suite, recorded in by the Count Basie Orchestra.

          5. “I am the Chair of the Convention Committee for the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors (IAJRC). We hold our annual conventions in North America and Europe. In September we held our convention in Kansas City, MO.

           Part of my job on the Convention Committee is to find live music to follow our Saturday night gala dinner and awards. As this is the highlight of our 3-day gathering, we have to find bands that will be appreciated by our extremely knowledgeable members, many of whom are either authors of jazz books and discographies or involved in record production etc.

          The Vine Street Rumble big band were selected to play for our organization in Kansas City and I can honestly say that in the forty years that I have enjoyed listening to jazz, this band was one of the finest big bands that I have ever heard, a view shared by everyone in attendance that night.

          If you want a big band that plays authentic jazz from the late twenties to the forties, I can think of no better gro