We played this on my grandfather's funeral. His former bandmates played this live in church. He played in jazz & big band's during his whole life. He passed away 14/1-2019.
He was 82. This was one of his personal favourites.
This is one of the greatest big band arrangements of all time. Funny it's actually just 2x12 bars of composed materials. Why is it one of the bests? The receipt is relatively simple: write a tune so catchy like this, add some nice improvisations, minimalist intro&outro and a very hard swingin' playing. This is Basie's magic. Love it!