Count Basie & His Orchestra > A Hard Day’s Night
Composed by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

The Beatles confused jazzmen across the world, especially the big band legends. It was years before they knew how to incorporate their melodies into more than just goofy arrangements (or even how to title their albums). It was kind of hard to find one than was less than completely embarrassing.

Some Beatles Covers (Instrumental Edition) #7 
Covers #21 
Legends of the Big Band #1

Ballads #3 
Legends of the Big Band #1
Standards #3

Count Basie > Li’l Darlin’

Composed & arranged by Neal Hefti

Basie went through a postwar reinvention and came out all the more popular. This live version of the Neal Hefti tune might be one of my favorite latter day jazz standards.