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The Count Basie Story - Basie, Count  

Disc 1

1. Shoe Shine Boy 2:58
2. Lady Be Good 3:06
3. Swingin' At The Daisy Chain 2:48
4. Roseland Shuffle 2:31
5. The Glory Of Love 2:28
6. Smarty (You Know It All) 2:38
7. One O'clock Jump 3:01
8. John's Idea 2:54
9. Time Out 3:00
10. Topsy 3:05
11. Out The Window 2:44
12. Blues In The Dark 3:02
13. Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Came Today) 2:51
14. Every Tub 3:31
15. Swinging The Blues 2:41
16. Blue And Sentimental 3:11
17. Doggin' Around 2:58
18. Texas Shuffle 3:06
19. Jumpin' At The Woodside 3:06
20. How Long, How Long Blues 2:33
21. The Dirty Dozens 3:01
22. Shorty George 2:39
23. The Blues I Like To Hear 3:00
24. Panassie Stomp 2:47
25. My Heart Belongs To Daddy 2:51

Disc 2

1. Dupree Blues 3:03
2. Red Wagon 2:52
3. You Can Depend On Me 3:11
4. Blame It On My Last Affair 2:48
5. Jive At Five 2:54
6. Oh, Lady Be Good 3:07
7. Goin' To Chicago Blues 3:04
8. Rock-A-Bye Basie 3:00
9. Taxi War Dance 2:47
10. Jump For Me 3:08
11. Miss Thing (Pts 1 & 2) 5:35
12. Pound Cake 2:41
13. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie 2:26
14. Dickie's Dream 3:06
15. Lester Leaps In 3:10
16. I Left My Baby 3:11
17. Volcano 2:48
18. Tickle-Toe 2:37
19. Louisiana 2:23
20. Easy Does It 3:25
21. Let Me See 2:44
22. Blow Top 2:53
23. Gone With
24. Super Chief 3:22

Disc 3

1. Moten Swing 2:17
2. I Want A Little Girl 2:37
3. Broadway 2:55
4. Rockin' The Blues 3:06
5. The Jitters 2:42
6. Tuesday At Ten 2:56
7. Fiesta In Blue 3:04
8. Something New 2:16
9. Feather Merchant 3:00
10. Down For Double 3:00
11. Harvard Blues 3:19
12. Ain't It The Truth? 2:54
13. It's Sand Man! 3:06
14. Dance Of The Gremlins 2:37
15. G.I. Stomp (Red Bank Boogie) 2:16
16. Rhythm Man 2:37
17. Taps Miller 3:03
18. Avenue C 3:08
19. High Tide 5:35
20. Tippin', On The Q.T. 3:44
21. San Jose 2:42
22. B-Flat Blues 2:35
23. High Tide 2:49
24. Queer Street 3:02
25. The Mad Boogie 2:54

Disc 4

1. Lazy Lady Blues 3:08
2. Rambo 3:18
3. Stay Cool 3:08
4. The King 3:06
5. Stay On It 3:25
6. Bill's Mill 3:39
7. Brand New Wagon 2:52
8. One O'clock Boogie 3:24
9. Swingin' The Blues 3:14
10. Basie's Basement 3:16
11. Shine On Harvest Moon 2:22
12. Sugar 2:22
13. 7th Avenue Express 2:37
14. Mr. Roberts' Roost 2:31
15. Just A Minute 2:38
16. Hey, Pretty Baby 2:59
17. Bye Bye Baby 2:34
18. After You've Gone 2:33
19. If You See My Baby 2:20
20. Sweets 2:23
21. Golden Bullet 2:25
22. Song Of The Islands 2:50
23. One O'clock Jump 2:56
24. Tootsie 2:49
25. Basie Boogie 3:07

Discography

DISC ONE - One Oâ??Clock Jump

Jones-Smith Incorporated : Carl "Tatti" Smith, tp; Lester Young, ts; Count Basie, p; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d.

Chicago, November 9, 1936.

C-1657-1 SHOE SHINE BOY Vocalion 3411

C-1660-1 LADY BE GOOD Vocalion 3459

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Buck Clayton, Joe Keyes, Carl Smith, tp; George Hunt, Dan Minor, tb; Caughey Roberts, as; Lester Young,Herschel Evans, Ts; Jack Washington, bs, as; Count Basie, p; Claude "Fiddler" Williams, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d.

New York,January 21, 1937.

61544-A SWINGINâ?? AT THE DAISY CHAIN Decca 1121

61545-A ROSELAND SHUFFLE Decca 1141

Count Basie and his Orchestra :Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Bobby Moore, tp; George Hunt, Dan Minor, tb; Caughey Roberts, as; Lester Young, Herschel Evans, ts; Jack Washington, bs, as; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d.

New York,March 26, 1937.

62080-A THE GLORY OF LOVE Decca 1228

Same personnel as above, but Earl Warren, as, replaces Roberts, add Eddie Durham, tb, el-g, arr; Harry "Buster" Smith, arr.

New York,July 7, 1937.

62331-B SMARTY Decca 1379

62332-A ONE Oâ??CLOCK JUMP (Arr.Buster Smith)

Decca 1363

62334-A JOHNâ??S IDEA Decca 1363

Same personnel as above, but BennyMorton, tb, replaces Hunt.

New York, August 9, 1937.

62513-A TIME OUT (Arr. Eddie Durham) Decca 1538

62514-A TOPSY (Arr. Eddie Durham) Decca 1170

Same personnel as above, but Bobby Hicks, tp, replaces Moore.

New York, October 13, 1937.

62683-A OUT THE WINDOW Decca 1581

Same personnel as above, but Karl George, tp, replaces Hicks, add Jimmy Rushing, voc.

New York, January 3, 1938.

63123-A BLUES IN THE DARK Decca 1682

Same personnel as above, but Harry Edison, tp, replaces George.

New York, February 16, 1938.

63286-A SENT FOR YOU YESTERDAY Decca 1880

63287-A EVERY TUB Decca 1723

63289-A SWINGING THE BLUES Decca 1880

Same personnel as above.

New York,June 6, 1938.

63919-A BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL Decca 1965

63920-A DOGGINâ?? AROUND

(Arr. Herschel Evans) Decca 1965

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, tp; Dicky Wells, Dan Minor, Benny Morton, tb; Earl Warren, cl, as; Lester Young, Herschel Evans, cl, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d.

New York, August 22, 1938.

64473-A TEXAS SHUFFLE Decca 2030

64474-A JUMPINâ?? AT THE WOODSIDE Decca 2212

Count Basie Quartet : Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d.

New York, November 9, 1938.

64731-A HOW LONG, HOW LONG BLUES Decca 2355

64732-A THE DIRTY DOZENS Decca 2498

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Buck Clayton, tp; Dicky Wells, Dan Minor, BennyMorton, tb; Earl Warren, as; Lester Young,Herschel Evans, ts; Jack Washington, bs, as; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d; Jimmy Rushing, voc.

New York, November 16, 1938.

64747-A SHORTY GEORGE Decca 2325

64748-A THE BLUES I LIKE TO HEAR Decca 2284

64750-A PANASSIE STOMP Decca 2224

Same personnel as above, but add Shad Collins, tp; Helen Humes, voc.

New York,January 5, 1939.

648851-A MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY Decca 2249

Disc Two - Jive At Five

Count Basie Quartet : Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d.

New York,January 6, 1939.

64956-B DUPREE BLUES Decca 3071

64958-B RED WAGON Decca 3071

Count Basie Sextet : Shad Collins, tp; Lester Young, ts; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d; Jimmy Rushing voc.

64978-A YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME Decca 2631

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Shad Collins, Buck Clayton,Harry Edison, tp; Dicky Wells, Benny Morton, Dan Minor, tb; Earl Warren, as; Lester Young, Chu Berry, ts; Jack Washington, bs, as; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d; HelenHumes, voc.

New York, February 3, 1939.

64981-A BLAME IT ON MY LAST AFFAIR Decca 2284

Same personnel as above.

New York, February 4, 1939.

64982-A JIVE AT FIVE Decca 2922

64985-A OH, LADY BE GOOD Decca 2631

Basieâ??s Bad Boys : Buck Clayton, Shad Collins, tp; Dicky Wells, tb; Lester Young, cl, ts; Count Basie, org; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d; Jimmy Rushing, voc.

Chicago, February 13, 1939.

W 24511-A GOINâ?? TO CHICAGO BLUES CBS 67205

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton,Harry Edison, Shad Collins, tp; Dicky Wells, BennyMorton, Dan Minor, tb; Earl Warren, as; Lester Young, Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs, as; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; JoJones, d.

New York, March 19, 1939.

24239-1 ROCK-A-BYE-BASIE Vocalion 4747

24242-1 TAXI WAR DANCE Vocalion 4748

Same personnel as above.

New York, March 20, 1939.

24244-1 JUMP FOR ME Vocalion 4886

Same personnel as above.

New York, April 5, 1939.

24340-A MISS THING, PT. 1 Vocalion 4860

24341-A MISS THING, PT. 2 Vocalion 4860

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis,Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Shad Collins, tp; Dicky Wells, BennyMorton, Dan Minor, tb; Earl Warren, as; Lester Young,Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d.

Chicago, May 19, 1939.

WC-2597-C POUND CAKE Vocalion 5085

Same personnel as above.

New York, August 4, 1939.

24981-A CLAP HANDS! HERE COMES

CHARLIE Vocalion 5085

Count Basieâ??s Kansas City Seven : Buck Clayton, tp; Dicky Wells, ts; Lester Young, ts; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d.

New York, September 5, 1939.

25296-1 DICKIEâ??S DREAM Vocalion 5118

25297-1 LESTER LEAPS IN Vocalion 5118

Same personnel as August 4, 1939, but add Jimmy Rushing, voc.

New York,November 6, 1939.

26277-A I LEFT MY BABY Columbia 35231

26279-A VOLCANO Okeh 6010

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton,Harry Edison, Al Killian, tp; Vic Dickenson, Dan Minor, Dicky Wells, tb; Earl Warren, as; Lester Young, Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; JoJones, d.

New York, March 19, 1940.

26656-A TICKLE-TOE Columbia 35521

26658-A LOUISIANA Columbia 35548

Same personnel as above.

New York,March 20, 1940.

26659-A EASY DOES IT Columbia 35448

26660-A LET ME SEE Okeh 6330

Same personnel as above, but add Tab Smith, as.

New York,May 31, 1940.

26870-B BLOW TOP Okeh 5629

26871-B GONE WITH "WHAT" WIND Okeh 5629

26872-A SUPER CHIEF Okeh 5673

Disc Three - Harvard Blues

Same personnel as March 20, 1940.

Chicago, August 8, 1940.

WC 3527-A MOTEN SWING Okeh 5732

WC 3529-A I WANT A LITTLE GIRL Okeh 5733

Same personnel as above.

New York, November 19, 1940.

29090-1 BROADWAY Okeh 6095

Same personnel as above, but PaulBascomb, ts, replaces Lester Young; add Tab Smith, as.

New York, December 13, 1940.

29249-1 ROCKINâ?? THE BLUES Okeh 6010

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Al Killian,Harry Edison,Buck Clayton, tp; Ed Cuffee, Dicky Wells, Dan Minor, tb; Earl Warren, as; Tab Smith, as, bs; DonByas, Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; JoJones, d.

New York,January 28, 1941.

29583-1 THE JITTERS Okeh 6095

29584-1 TUESDAY AT TEN Okeh 6071

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Al Killian,Harry Edison, Buck Clayton, tp; Dicky Wells, Robert Scott, Eli Robinson, tb; Earl Warren, as; Tab Smith,as; Don Byas, Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; JoJones, d.

New York, September 24, 1941.

31354-1 FIESTA IN BLUE Okeh 6440

Same personnel as above.

New York, October 1, 1941.

031376-1 SOMETHING NEW Okeh 6449

Same personnel as above, but add Jimmy Rushing, voc; Tab Smith, out.

New York,November 17, 1941.

31765-1 FEATHER MERCHANT Columbia 36845

31766-A DOWN FOR DOUBLE Okeh 6584

31768-1 HARVARD BLUES Okeh 6564

Same personnel as above, but add Caughey Roberts, as.

Los Angeles, July 27, 1942.

HCO 892-1 AINâ??T IT THE TRUTH ? Columbia 36647

HCO 893-1 ITâ??S SAND, MAN! Columbia 36845

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton,Harry Edison, Snooky Young, tp; Eli Robinson, Buster Smith, Louis Taylor, Dicky Wells, tb; Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell, as; DonByas, Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Rodney Richardson, b; Jo Jones, d.

Hollywood, early July 1943.

VP 87 DANCE OF THE GREMLINS V-Disc 34

VP 118 G.I. STOMP (Red BankBoogie) V-Disc 34

Same personnel as above, but Vernon Alley, b,

replaces Richardson.

Los Angeles, November 3, 1943.

VP 495 RHYTHM MAN V-Disc 175

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Harry Edison, Al Killian, Al Stearns, Joe Newman, tp; Ted Donnelly, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor, Dicky Wells, tb; Earl Warren, JimmyPowell, as; Buddy Tate, Lucky Thompson, ts; Rudy Rutherford, bs, cl; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Rodney Richardson, b; Shadow Wilson, d.

New York, December 6, 1944.

CO 33953-1 TAPS MILLER Columbia 36831

Same personnel as above.

New York, February 26, 1945.

CO 34352-1 AVENUE C Columbia CL 6079

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Karl George, SnookyYoung, tp; Ted Donelly, J.J.Johnson, Eli Robinson, Dicky Wells, tb; Jimmy Powell, Earl Warren, as; Buddy Tate, Lucky Thompson, ts; Rudy Rutherford, bs, cl; Count Basie, p; Rodney Richardson, b; Shadow Wilson, d; Taps Miller, Harry Edison, Snooky Young, voc. (-1).

New York, May 14, 1945.

VP 1358 HIGH TIDE (-1) V-Disc 483

VP 1686 TIPPINâ?? ON THE Q.T. V-Disc 627

JP 296 SAN JOSE V-Disc 744

JP 296 B-FLAT BLUES V-Disc 744

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Emmett Berry, Harry Edison, Ed Lewis, Snooky Young, tp; Ted Donnelly, J.J.Johnson, Eli Robinson, Dicky Wells, tb; PrestonLove, George Dorsey, as; Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet, ts; Rudy Rutherford, bs, cl; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Rodney Richardson, b; Shadow Wilson, d.

Hollywood,October 9, 1945.

HCO 1565-1 HIGH TIDE Columbia 36990

HCO 1566-1 QUEER STREET Columbia 36889

Same personnel as above, but George Matthews, tb, replaces Dicky Wells. New York, January 9, 1946.

35603-1 THEMADBOOGIE Columbia 36946

Disc Four - Basieâ??s Basement

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Emmett Berry,Harry Edison, Ed Lewis, Snooky Young, Joe Newman, tp; Ted Donnelly, J.J.Johnson, Eli Robinson, George Matthews, tb; Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell, as; Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet, ts; Rudy Rutherford, bs, cl; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Rodney Richardson, b; JoJones, d, Jimmy Rushing, voc.

New York, February 6, 1946.

35730-1 LAZY LADY BLUES Columbia 36900

35731-1 RAMBO Columbia CL 754

35732-1 STAY COOL Columbia CL 6079

35733-1 THE KING Columbia 37070

Count Basie and his Orchestra :Joe Newman, Emmett Berry, Ed Lewis, Snooky Young, tp; Eli Robinson, J.J.Johnson, George Matthews, Ted Donnelly, tb; Preston Love, Rudy Rutherford, as; Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d.

New York,July 31, 1946.

STAY ON IT CBS 66102

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Emmett Berry,Harry Edison, Snooky Young, tp; Ted Donnelly, George Matthews, Eli Robinson, BillJohnson, tb; PrestonLove, Rudy Rutherford, cl, as; Buddy Tate, Paul Gonsalves, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Rodney Richardson, b; Shadow Wilson, d; Jimmy Rushing, voc.

Los Angeles, January 3, 1947.

D7 VB 402-2 BILLâ??S MILL Victor 20-2148

D7 VB 405-1 BRAND NEW WAGON Victor 20-2529

Same personnel as above.

New York,March 13, 1947.

D7 VB 652-1 ONE Oâ??CLOCK BOOGIE Victor 20-2262

Count Basie, His Instrumentalists and Rhythm : Emmett Berry, tp; George Matthews, tb; Charlie Price, as; Paul Gonsalves, ts; Count Basie, p, org (-1); Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; JoJones, d.

New York, May 20, 1947.

D7 VB 886-1 SWINGINâ?? THE BLUES Victor 20-2696

D7 VB 888-1 BASIEâ??S

BASEMENT (-1) Victor 20-2695

Count Basie, His Instrumentalists and Rhythm :

Paul Gonsalves, ts (-1); Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d.

New York,May 21, 1947.

D7 VB 891-1 SHINE ON

HARVEST MOON Victor 20-2694

D7 VB 894-1 SUGAR (-1) Victor 20-2696

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Emmett Berry, Ed Lewis, Joe Newman,Harry Edison, Snooky Young, tp; BillJohnson, Dicky Wells, George Simon, Ted Donnelly, tb; Charlie Price, PrestonLove, as; Paul Gonsalves, Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d.

Chicago, October 19, 1947.

D7 VB 1092 7TH AVENUE EXPRESS Victor 20-3003

D7 VB 1093 MR. ROBERTSâ?? ROOST Victor 20-3255

Same personnel as above, but George Matthews, tb, replaces George Simon.

Los Angeles, December 9, 1947.

D7 VB 2171-1 JUST A MINUTE Victor 20-3051

Same personnel as above, but George Washington, tb, replaces Wells, add Jimmy Rushing, voc.

Los Angeles, December 12, 1947.

D7 VB 2187-2 HEY, PRETTY BABY Victor 20-2948

D7 VB 2189-1 BYE BYE BABY Victor 20-3051

Count Basie and his Orchestra : Harry Edison, Emmett Berry, Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham, Gerald Wilson, tp; Ted Donnelly, Dicky Wells, George Matthews, tb; Earl Warren, Charlie Price, as; Paul Gonsalves, Bill Parker, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; SingletonPalmer, b; George Ballard, d; Jimmy Rushing, voc.

New York,June 29, 1949.

D9 VB 1769 AFTER YOUâ??VE GONE Victor 20-3558

Count Basie Octet :Harry Edison, tp; Dicky Wells, tb; Georgie Auld, ts; Gene Ammons, ts, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Al McKibbon, b; Gus Johnson, d; "Google Eyes" voc. (-1).

New York, February 6, 1950.

EOVB 3187 IF YOU SEE MY BABY (-1) Victor LPM 1112

EOVB 3190 SWEETS Victor LPM 1112

Count Basie Octet : Clark Terry, tp; Buddy De Franco, cl; Charlie Rouse, ts; Serge Chaloff, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Jimmy Lewis, b; Buddy Rich, d.

New York, May 16, 1950.

43263-1 GOLDEN BULLET Columbia PC 36824

Same personnel as above, but Wardell Gray, ts; Rudy Rutherford, bs; Gus Johnson, replace Rouse, Chaloff

and Rich.

New York,November 2, 1950.

44594-1 SONG OF THE ISLANDS CBS 467 1432

44597-1 ONE Oâ??CLOCK JUMP Columbia CL 997

Same personnel as above.

New York, November 3, 1950.

44609-1 TOOTSIE Columbia CL 901

Count Basie All Stars : Clark Terry, tp; Buddy De Franco, cl; Wardell Gray, ts; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Jimmy Lewis, b; Gus Johnson, d.

Recorded 1950.

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