The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings

Compilation by Count Basie

Released 2005

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    New Basie Blues
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:26
  • 2
    New Basie Blues (45 take)
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:33
  • 3
    Sure Thing
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:03
  • 4
    Why Not?
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:31
  • 5
    Fawncy Meetin' You
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:03
  • 6
    Jive at Five
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:09
  • 7
    No Name
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:08
  • 8
    No Name (78 take)
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:10
  • 9
    Redhead
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:51
  • 10
    Every Tub
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:50
  • 11
    Jack and Jill (alternate take)
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:55
  • 12
    Jack and Jill
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:55
  • 13
    Bread
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:52
  • 14
    Small Hotel
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:33
  • 15
    Hob Nail Boogie
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:35
  • 16
    Basie Talks
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:39
  • 17
    Paradise Squat (take 2)
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    4:05
  • 18
    Paradise Squat (take 3)
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:39
  • 19
    U.F.O.
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:04
  • 20
    Like a Ship at Sea
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:37
  • 21
    Bunny
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:09
  • 22
    Tippin' on the Q.T. (alternate take)
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:11
  • 23
    Tippin' on the Q.T.
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:02
  • 24
    Blee Blop Blues
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:03
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Cash Box (alternate take)
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:22
  • 2
    Cash Box
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:24
  • 3
    Bootsie (alternate take)
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:26
  • 4
    Bootsie
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:22
  • 5
    Tom Whaley
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:56
  • 6
    Blues for the Count and Oscar (alternate take)
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    10:53
  • 7
    Blues for the Count and Oscar
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:09
  • 8
    Be My Guest
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:03
  • 9
    You're Not the Kind
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:19
  • 10
    Extended Blues
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    5:57
  • 11
    Let Me Dream
    Al Hibbler with Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:42
  • 12
    Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)
    Al Hibbler with Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:13
  • 13
    Goin' to Chicago
    Al Hibbler with Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:22
  • 14
    I Want a Little Girl
    Al Hibbler with Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:53
  • 15
    Oh, Lady Be Good
    Al Hibbler with Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:26
  • 16
    Song of the Islands
    Al Hibbler with Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:52
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Basie Beat
    Count Basie Sextet
    3:22
  • 2
    She's Funny That Way
    Count Basie Sextet
    4:11
  • 3
    Count's Organ Blues
    Count Basie Sextet
    3:12
  • 4
    K.C. Organ Blues
    Count Basie Sextet
    2:55
  • 5
    Blue and Sentimental
    Count Basie Sextet
    3:04
  • 6
    Stan Shorthair
    Count Basie Sextet
    2:57
  • 7
    As Long as I Live
    Count Basie Sextet
    3:11
  • 8
    Royal Garden Blues
    Count Basie Sextet
    3:05
  • 9
    Plymouth Rock
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:44
  • 10
    Blues Go Away!
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:22
  • 11
    Peace Pipe
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:30
  • 12
    Straight Life
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    4:33
  • 13
    Bubbles
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    4:00
  • 14
    Softly With Feeling
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:08
  • 15
    Cherry Point
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:20
  • 16
    Basie Goes Wess
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:55
  • 17
    Right On
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    2:40
  • 18
    The Blues Done Come Back
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:38
  • CD 4
  • 1
    Slow but Sure
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:45
  • 2
    You for Me
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:12
  • 3
    She's Just My Size
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:31
  • 4
    Soft Drink
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:08
  • 5
    Two for the Blues
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:50
  • 6
    Blues Backstage
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:36
  • 7
    I Feel Like a New Man
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:55
  • 8
    Down for the Count
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    6:02
  • 9
    Stereophonic
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:25
  • 10
    Sixteen Men Swinging
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:05
  • 11
    Ska-di-dle-dee-bee-doo
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:37
  • 12
    Perdido
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:55
  • 13
    Mambo Mist
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:07
  • 14
    Eventide
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:40
  • 15
    Two Franks
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:16
  • 16
    Ain't Misbehavin'
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:43
  • 17
    Rails
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    5:57
  • CD 5
  • 1
    Every Day I Have the Blues
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    5:27
  • 2
    The Comeback
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    5:28
  • 3
    Alright, O.K., You Win
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:05
  • 4
    In the Evening
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:36
  • 5
    April in Paris
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:49
  • 6
    April in Paris (alternate take)
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:49
  • 7
    Corner Pocket (alternate take)
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    5:00
  • 8
    Corner Pocket
    Count Basie Sextet
    5:17
  • 9
    Did'n You? (alternate take)
    Count Basie Sextet
    4:51
  • 10
    Did'n You?
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:47
  • 11
    Teach Me Tonight
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:04
  • 12
    Please Send Me Someone to Love
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:32
  • 13
    My Baby Upsets Me
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:58
  • 14
    Ev'ry Day I Fall in Love
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:44
  • 15
    Roll 'em Pete
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:13
  • 16
    Sweetie Cakes
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:01
  • CD 6
  • 1
    Smack Dab in the Middle
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:38
  • 2
    Shiny Stockings
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    5:16
  • 3
    What Am I Here For? (alternate take)
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:06
  • 4
    What Am I Here For?
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:21
  • 5
    Magic (alternate take)
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:45
  • 6
    Magic (alternate take)
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:52
  • 7
    Magic
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:09
  • 8
    Midgits
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:15
  • 9
    Midgits (alternate take)
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:13
  • 10
    Amazing Love
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:31
  • 11
    Only Forever
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:37
  • 12
    Stop Pretty Baby, Stop
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:06
  • 13
    Mambo Inn
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:25
  • 14
    Big Red
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:48
  • 15
    Dinner With Friends
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:07
  • CD 7
  • 1
    Blues Inside Out
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    6:35
  • 2
    Dolphin Dip
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:12
  • 3
    Flute Juice
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:07
  • 4
    Lady in Lace
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:34
  • 5
    Stompin' and Jumpin'
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:47
  • 6
    Trick or Treat
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:13
  • 7
    Move
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:25
  • 8
    As I Love You
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:06
  • 9
    Stop! Don't!
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:35
  • 10
    Oink
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:36
  • 11
    I'm Beginning to See the Light (mono take)
    Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
    3:08
  • 12
    I'm Beginning to See the Light (stereo take)
    Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
    3:08
  • 13
    Our Love Is Here to Stay
    Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
    3:40
  • 14
    A Fine Romance
    Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
    2:31
  • 15
    Nevertheless
    Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
    3:57
  • 16
    Singin' in the Rain
    Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
    2:28
  • 17
    There Will Never Be Another You
    Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
    2:53
  • 18
    My Baby Just Cares for Me
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:27
  • 19
    'S Wonderful
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:38
  • 20
    This Can't Be Love
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:35
  • 21
    Come Rain or Come Shine
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:02
  • 22
    I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:40
  • 23
    Thou Swell
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:22
  • CD 8
  • 1
    April in Paris
    Count Basie Big Band
    4:43
  • 2
    Too Close for Comfort
    Count Basie Big Band
    3:05
  • 3
    Every Day I Have the Blues
    Count Basie Big Band
    5:11
  • 4
    Party Blues
    Count Basie Big Band
    3:59
  • 5
    Don't Worry 'Bout Me
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:04
  • 6
    Low Life
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    5:12
  • 7
    Slats
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:42
  • 8
    Lollypop (alternate take)
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:01
  • 9
    Lollypop
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:07
  • 10
    Too Close for Comfort
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:54
  • 11
    One O'Clock Jump (45 take)
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:34
  • 12
    One O'Clock Jump (LP take)
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    4:29
  • 13
    Basie's Back in Town
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    3:16
  • 14
    From Coast to Coast
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    8:31
  • 15
    Jamboree
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    1:58
  • 16
    I Don't Like You No More
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:39
  • 17
    One O'Clock Jump
    Count Basie and His Orchestra
    2:05

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Release credits

  • trombone [2.2, 2.4-5, 2.9, 2.11-13, 5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 8.1-3, 8.5-14, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24, 6.1-15, 3.9-13, 3.15-18, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13, 7.1-9, 7.11, 7.13-23]
  • alto saxophone [8.1-14, 5.1-5, 5.11-15, 6.1-15, 7.1-9, 7.11, 7.13-23]
  • piano [14], trombone [7.1-9, 7.11, 7.13-23, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13, 5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 6.1-15, 8.1-3, 8.5-14]
  • vocal [20]
  • arranger [11, 13-23], conductor [11, 13-23]
  • drums (drum set) [3.2, 3.4-5, 2.14-16]
  • baritone saxophone [2.2, 2.4-5, 2.9, 2.11-14, 3.9-13, 3.15-18, 5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 6.11-15, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24, 7.1-9, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13], bass clarinet [5, 8], reeds [7.11, 7.13-23, 4.5, 8.9]
  • trumpet [1, 3-7, 9-10]
  • keyboard [13, 15], organ [7, 9], piano [3.1-18, 8.2, 8.4-17, 4.1-13, 4.15-17, 1.1-3, 1.3-24, 7.1-23, 2.1-16, 5.1-16, 6.1-15]
  • bass [11, 13-23], double bass [5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 7.1-9, 6.1-15, 3.9-13, 3.15-18, 8.1-14, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13]
  • tenor saxophone [1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24, 2.2, 2.4-5, 2.7, 2.9]
  • vocal [1-4]
  • alto saxophone [6], arranger [1, 11], saxophone [3.9-13, 3.15-18, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24, 2.2, 2.4-5, 2.9, 2.11-13, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13], tenor saxophone [6]
  • tenor saxophone [1, 3-7, 9-10]
  • arranger [4.6, 5.2-4, 5.12-14], clarinet [5, 8], reeds [11, 13-23], tenor saxophone [6.1-15, 7.1-9, 5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 3.9-13, 3.15-18, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13, 8.1-3, 8.5-14]
  • alto saxophone [5], clarinet [5, 8], flute [5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 4.6, 7.8-9], tenor saxophone [3.9-13, 3.15-18, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13, 7.8-9, 8.4, 5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15], woodwind [4.5, 7.1-7, 7.11, 7.13-23, 8.1-3, 8.5-14, 6.1-15]
  • arranger [8], guitar [1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24, 2.2, 2.4-5, 2.7, 2.10-16, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13, 6.1-15, 7.1-9, 7.11, 7.13-23, 5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 8.1-14, 3.2, 3.4-5, 3.9-13, 3.15-18]
  • double bass [2.11-16, 3.2, 3.4-5]
  • drums (drum set) [4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24, 2.2, 2.4-5, 2.7, 2.9-13, 3.9-13, 3.15-18]
  • trombone [11-13, 15-18]
  • trombone [1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13, 7.1-9, 7.11, 7.13-23, 6.1-4, 6.4-15, 2.2, 2.4-5, 2.9, 2.11-14, 5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 8.1-14, 3.9-13, 3.15-18]
  • bass [10], double bass [2.2, 2.4-5, 2.9, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24]
  • trombone [2.2, 2.4-5, 2.9, 2.11-13, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24]
  • trumpet [8.1-14, 7.1-9, 7.11, 7.13-23, 3.2, 3.4-5, 3.9-13, 3.15-18, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13, 5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24, 2.2, 2.4-5, 2.9, 2.11-13, 2.15, 6.1-15]
  • trumpet [11-13, 15-18]
  • vocal [6.1, 6.10-12, 8.4-5, 5.1-4, 5.11-15, 7.8-9, 7.11, 7.13-23]
  • bass trumpet [9-10]
  • percussion [11-15]
  • alto saxophone [4.6, 5.1-5, 5.11-15, 7.8-9], clarinet [7.8-9, 2.14, 5.1-4, 5.11-15, 4.6], reeds [8.1-3, 8.5-14, 6.1-15, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24, 2.2, 2.4-5, 2.9, 2.11-13, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13, 7.1-7, 7.11, 7.13-23, 3.9-13, 3.15-18]
  • arranger [15]
  • producer [7.11, 7.13-23, 4.6, 5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15]
  • organ [10], piano [3.2, 3.4-5, 2.7]
  • trumpet [3.9-10, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24, 2.2, 2.4-5, 2.9, 2.11-13]
  • tenor saxophone [2.2, 2.4-5, 2.7, 2.9, 2.11-16, 3.2, 3.4-5, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24]
  • piano [1, 3]
  • double bass [7, 10]
  • trumpet [5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 6.1-15, 8.1-3, 8.5-14, 3.9-13, 3.15-18, 2.2, 2.4-5, 2.9, 2.11-14, 7.1-9, 7.11, 7.13-23, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13]
  • drums (drum set) [7.1-9, 7.11, 7.13-23, 5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 6.1-15, 8.1-14]
  • trumpet [4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13, 6.1-15, 8.1-14, 5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 7.1-9, 7.11, 7.13-23]
  • performing orchestra [19]
  • percussion [11-15]
  • trumpet [3.9-13, 3.15-18, 6.1-15, 5.1-5, 5.8, 5.11-15, 8.1-3, 8.5-14, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-16, 1.19-20, 1.23-24, 7.1-9, 7.11, 7.13-23, 4.1, 4.3-10, 4.12-13, 2.2, 2.4-5, 2.9, 2.11-13]
  • arranger [5]

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