Smart Chart Music

PO Box 827
Smithtown, NY. 117870827
Fax: 1.631.361.7039
Phone: 1.631.716.3509
www.smartchartmusic.com

"Who Me ?" is a great model of a classic Count Basie blues. Written while Frank Foster was with
the Basie band, this composition gnaws at the roots of the blues. Frank's use of call & response,
great blues melodies and harmonies that cry out to you, all make for a supurb piece of musical history.
Frank Foster's developing of the final 4 choruses from the one finger piano style of Count Basie
to the screaming"Shout Chorus" at Letter I is sheer magic.

Pick up the recently released Roulette re-issue of "Chairman Of The Board" where this tune appeared
for the first time and enjoy the Smart Chart Big Band in their playing of this arrangement on the demo.

Mike Carubia
President/SCM
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