April In Paris: Count Basie

Todd Schefflin Performs With Frank Wess: 11/08/09

Todd, pictured on the left above, performed with the great Frank Wess at William Patterson College.

Saxophonist/flutist Frank Wess, a longtime featured soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra for more than a decade, brings his powerful solo voice and his well-known arrangements to the stage as he joins forces with the talented students of the William Paterson University Jazz Orchestra.

Todd is the son of the KV Rambo and the greatest southpaw pitcher in the history of the Two Bridges Little League, Murray Schefflin. btw, Murray's still smarting over the loss of the overall pitching honor that was won by Vinny Adimando. A link to Todd's myspace page where you can hear samples of his outstanding work
below Frank Wess takes the sax solo in a 1962 performance with the Count Basie Orchestra. Thad Jones solos on trumpet in a composition by Freddie Green called Corner Pocket

Every Day I Have The Blues: Joe Williams, 1981

The Yankees This Last Week: Every Day I Have The Blues

LAMBERT HENDRICKS & ROSS w O.C. Smith and the Count Basie Band, 1961

Everyday, everyday I have the blues
Ooh everyday, everyday I have the blues
When you see me worryin' baby, yeah, it's you I hate to lose
Whoa, nobody loves me, nobody seems to care
Whoa, nobody loves me, nobody seems to care
Well worries and trouble darling, babe you know I've had my share
Everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday,
Everyday, everyday I have the blues
When you see me worryin' baby, yeah, it's you I hate to lose
Whoa nobody loves me, nobody seems to care
Whoa nobody loves me, nobody seems to care
Well worries and trouble darling, babe you know I've had my share

My Yankee version

Everyday, everyday I have the blues
Ooh everyday, everyday I have the blues
When you see me worryin' baby, yeah, those yanks just always lose
Whoa, nobody loves me, nobody seems to care
Whoa, nobody loves me, nobody seems to care
Well worries and trouble darling, babe you know that team just doesn't care
Everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday,
Everyday, everyday I have the blues
When you see me worryin' baby, yeah, it's Sheffield whose bound to bruise
Whoa nobody loves me, nobody seems to care
Whoa nobody loves me, nobody seems to care
Well worries and trouble darling, babe that team looks beyond repair