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America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Disc 1-(Jones-Smith, Inc.) Shoe Shine Boy; Evenin'; Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong); Oh, Lady Be Good; (Basie's Bad Boys) I Ain't Got Nobody; Goin' To Chicago; Live And Love Tonight; Love Me Or Leave Me (Count Basie Kansas City Seven) Dickie's Dream; Lester Leaps In; (Count Basie & His All-American Rhythm Section) How Long Blues; Royal Garden Blues; Bugle Blues; Sugar Blues; Farewell Blues; Cafe Society Blues; Way Back Blues; St. Louis Blues; (Count Basie Octet) Neal's Deal; The Golden Bullet, You're My Baby, You. Disc 2-(Count Basie Octet) Song Of The Islands; These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You); I'm Confessing (That I Love You); One O'clock Jump; I A'int Got Nobody; Little White Lies; I'll Remember April; Tootie; (Count Basie And His Orchestra) Rock-A-Bye Basie; One Hour; Taxi War Dance; Twelfth Street Rag; Miss Thing, Part 1; Miss Thing Part 2; Nobody Knows (Alternate); Pound Cake; Song Of The Islands; Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie; Tickle Toe; Louisiana; Easy Does It; Somebody Stole My Gal; I Want A Little Girl. Disc 3-(Count Basie And His Orchestra) Five O'clock Whistle; Broadway; It's The Same Old South; Jump The Blues Away; The Jitters; 9:20 Special; Goin' To Chicago Blues; Harvard Blues; One O'clock Jump; It's Sand, Man; A'int That The Truth; Taps Miller; Avenue C; Blue Skies; Queer Street; Lazy Lady Blues; Rambo; The King; Mutton Leg; Stay On It; Little Pony; Beaver Junction. Disc 4-(Count Basie Orchestra Live-At The Famous Door) One O'clock Jump; Swinging The Blues; Rock-A-Bye Basie; Don't Worry 'Bout Me; Time Out; Boogie Woogie Blues; Roseland Shuffle; White Sails; Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie; One O'Clock Jump; (At The Savoy Ballroom) They Can't Take That Away From Me; (At The Meadowbrook Lounge) I Can't Get Started; (At The Panther Room) Moten Swing; Ebony Rhapsody; Darn That Dream; Take It, Pres; Baby, Don't Tell On Me; I Got Rhythm; (At The Cafe Society Uptown) 9:20 Special; Elmer's Tune; Jumpin' At The Woodside.

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Count Basie Orchestra: America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years

Read "America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


The Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra – the Count Basie Orchestra, the Duke Ellington Orchestra – which one is superior? A more contemporary example would be the fractious communities who favor the Beatles as opposed to the Rolling Stones. Personally, I have always favored the organic feel of the Stones. I give the edge ...

Album

Basie Meets Bond

Label: Victor
Released: 2002

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Atomic Swing

Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: The Daly Jump; 9:20 Special; Fair and Warmer; I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good; Out the Window; Taps Miller; Moten Swing; The Midnite Sun Never Sets; Teddy the Toad; Rock-A-Bye Basie; The Late, Late Show; Back to the Apple; Li'l Darlin.' (48:52)

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Count Basie Orchestra: Atomic Swing

Read "Atomic Swing" reviewed by Mike Neely


Count Basie usually brings to mind a legendary rhythm section, Lester Young, Buck Clayton, and such singers as Jimmy Rushing and Billie Holiday. But after World War II, long after his most famous orchestra dissolved, Basie put together another that is among the finest big bands in the history of jazz. Count Basie: Atomic Swing provides ...

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Paris Jazz Concert, April 1972

Label: Malaco Music Group
Released: 1999
Track listing: Basie Power; Big Stuff; Fun Time; Meeting; The Python; Yellow Days; From This Moment On; It Could Happen to You; The Spirit Is Willing; Cherry Point; Lover; I Need to Be Bee’d With; Meditation; Whirly Bird; Clean Head Blues; Cherry Red; Person to Person; Hold It Right There (72:35).

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Count Basie Orchestra: Paris Jazz Concert, April 1972

Read "Paris Jazz Concert, April 1972" reviewed by Jack Bowers


There are at least two things one must keep in mind when considering live or studio recordings made some years ago by well-- known Jazz artists or groups and released on compact disc by not--so--well--known labels. One is playing time; the other is over--all sound quality. The Count Basie Orchestra's Paris Jazz Concert, which took place ...

Album

Live at the Sands

Label: Reprise
Released: 1998

Album

Count Plays Duke

Label: Victor
Released: 1998

Album

Straight Ahead

Label: Victor
Released: 1998


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