Vance Thompson of UT Music Contributes to The Count Basie Orchestra Swings the Blues
Vance Thompson, senior lecturer of studio music and jazz at the University of Tennessee, contributed on the new release of the album The Count Basie Orchestra Swings the Blues.
The album, led by musical director Scotty Barnhart, continues the tradition of jazz musician Count Basie with the best living blues and jazz musicians. Thompson’s arrangement of the standard “Just for a Thrill” appears on the album. The song was commissioned by vocalist Carmen Bradford, who is featured on the track.
The album released on October 20.