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ant job as a pianist with the Benny Carter's big band (1944), worked with Count Basie (1944) and made f

ssist Oscar Pettiford, and drummer Kenny Clarke, had her first important job as a pianist with the Benny Carter's big band (1944), worked with Count Basie (1944) and made first recording as pianist with the Mercer Ellington Band (1946-1947). But it was while working in Brooklyn that she came to the at

n New York City and Boston areas. The Mike Block Band presents an exciting and genre-bending combinati

his reputation as an arranger grew. By the mid-so's, he was arranging and recording for such diverse artists as Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Big Maybelle, Dinah Washington, Cannonball Adderly and LeVern Baker. In 1957, Quincy decided to continue his musical education by

n New York City and Boston areas. The Mike Block Band presents an exciting and genre-bending combinatio

“I Can’t Stop Loving You.” Quincy’s three-year musical association as conductor and arranger with Frank Sinatra in the mid-60’s also teamed him with Basie for the classic Sinatra At The Sands, containing the famous arrangement of “Fly Me To The Moon,” the first recording played by astronaut Buzz Aldrin