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Album

100th Birthday Bash

Label: Roulette Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: Disc One -- Whirly Bird; Goin' to Chicago; Cute; I Want a Little Girl; Teach Me Tonight; The Late Late Show; Lonesome Lover Blues; Blue and Sentimental; Trav'lin' Light; Farouk; For Lena and Lennie; Untouchable; Everyday (I Have the Blues); I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face (51:01). Disc Two -- Jumpin' at the Woodside; Li'l Darlin'; If I Were a Bell; Splanky; Ain't No Use; Until I Met You (Corner Pocket); She's Funny That Way; The Late Late Show; Jeepers Creepers; Jelly Jelly; Katy Do; Save Your Love for Me; April in Paris; One O'Clock Jump (47:26).

Album

The Count Basie Story

By Count Basie

Label: Roulette Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: Disc 1 -- Broadway; Down for Double; Lester Leaps In; Topsy; Jumpin' at the Woodside; Taps Miller; Shorty George; Doggin' Around; Avenue C; Jive at Five; Rock-a-Bye Basie; Moten Swing (41:01). Disc 2 -- Swingin' the Blues; Sent for You Yesterday; Tickle Toe; Blue and Sentimental; Time Out; 9:20 Special; Red Bank Boogie; Every Tub; Dickie's Dream; Texas Shuffle; Out the Window; Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong); Good Morning Blues; Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (44:00).

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Count Basie: 100th Birthday Bash & The Count Basie Story

by Joel Roberts
December 16, 2004

This past August marked the 100th anniversary of Count Basie's birth and in recognition of that august event, reissued are some of the big band master's finest sides from the late '50s and early '60s. Count Basie Count Basie and Friends: 100th Birthday Bash Blue Note 2004 ...

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Article: Film Review

Ella & Basie '79: The Perfect Match

by Mark Sabbatini
December 14, 2004

Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux Ella & Basie '79: The Perfect Match Eagle Rock Entertainment 64 minutes 2004 This disc is lucky to emerge from the flames of failed expectations and end up merely average. Ella & Basie '79: The Perfect Match is ...

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Count Basie & Friends: 100th Birthday Bash

Read "100th Birthday Bash" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 25, 2004

To honor the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the incomparable Count Basie (August 21, 1904), Roulette Records has gone to the vaults and unearthed recordings made by the Basie Orchestra and smaller groups spanning the years 1957-62 when the Count was working for Roulette. All of the material on the two-disc set was previously issued, ...

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Count Basie: The Count Basie Story

Read "The Count Basie Story" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 25, 2004

To mark the Count Basie Orchestra's silver anniversary in 1960, Roulette Records released a double album comprised of updated versions of many of the band's classic recordings from those twenty-five years. This double-disc set, one of two issued by Roulette to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Basie's birth (the other is Count Basie & Friends ), ...

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A Bounty of Basie

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
September 1, 2004

Since the immortal William (Count) Basie was born on August 21, 1904, 2004 is his centennial year. Blue Note has released two 2-CD collections of songs, including some of the best and most beloved of his 50-year career, and all warmly remastered in 24 bit. Not a prolific composer like the Duke (though Basie did write ...

Album

1936-1961

By Count Basie

Label: Victor
Released: 2003

Album

Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual

By Count Basie

Label: Victor
Released: 2003

Album

Swingsation

By Count Basie

Label: GRP Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Honeysuckle Rose (Razaf/Waller) - 2:58 2. Swinging at the Daisy Chain (Basie) - 2:48 3. Roseland Shuffle (Basie) - 2:32 4. Boogie Woogie (Basie/Rushing) - 2:48 5. One O'Clock Jump (Basie) - 3:00 6. John's Idea (Basie) - 2:53 7. Time Out (Durham) - 3:01 8. Topsy (Durham) - 3:12 9. Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come... (Durham/Rushing) - 2:56 10. Every Tub (Basie/Durham) - 3:13 11. Swingin' the Blues (Basie/Durham) - 2:45 12. Blue and Sentimental (Basie/David/Livingston) - 3:10 13. Doggin' Around (Battle/Evans) - 3:02 14. Texas Shuffle (Evans) - 3:07 15. Jumpin' at the Woodside (Basie) - 3:08 16. Shorty George (Basie) - 2:44 17. Jive at Five (Edison) - 2:49 18. Oh Lady Be Good (Gershwin/Gershwin) - 3:10