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Count Basie: 100th Birthday Bash & The Count Basie Story
by Joel Roberts
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 ...
Ella & Basie '79: The Perfect Match
by Mark Sabbatini
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 ...
Count Basie & Friends: 100th Birthday Bash
by Jack Bowers
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, ...
Count Basie: The Count Basie Story
by Jack Bowers
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 ), ...
A Bounty of Basie
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
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 ...
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
America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years
By Count Basie
Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Shoe Shine Boy; Evenin'; Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong); Oh, Lady Be Good; I Ain't Got Nobody;
Goin' To Chicago; Live and Love Tonight; Love Me or Leave Me; Dickie's Dream; Lester Leaps In;
How Long Blues; Royal Garden Blues; Bugle Blues; Sugar Blues; Farewell Blues; Caf
Sinatra at the Hands
By Count Basie
Label: Reprise
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Come Fly With Me
2. I've Got a Crush on You
