Count Basie – The Indispensable Count Basie
Tracklist
A1 |
Bill’s Mill
|
2:40 |
A2 |
Brand New Wagon
|
2:51 |
A3 |
One O’clock Boogie
|
3:20 |
A4 |
Futile Frustration
|
3:02 |
A5 |
Swingin’ The Blues
|
3:13 |
A6 |
St. Louis Boogie
|
2:37 |
A7 |
Basie’s Basement
|
3:20 |
A8 |
Backstage At Stuff’s
|
2:30 |
A9 |
My Buddy
|
2:53 |
B1 |
Shine On Harvest Moon
|
2:22 |
B2 |
Lopin’
|
2:32 |
B3 |
I Never Knew
|
2:14 |
B4 |
Sugar
|
2:49 |
B5 |
The Jungle King
|
3:14 |
B6 |
I Ain’t Mad At You
|
3:15 |
B7 |
After You’ve Gone
|
2:25 |
B8 |
House Rent Boogie
|
2:40 |
B9 |
South
|
2:50 |
C1 |
Don’t You Want A Man Like Me
|
2:42 |
C2 |
Seventh Avenue Express
|
2:38 |
C3 |
Sophisticated Swing
|
2:40 |
C4 |
Guest In A Nest
|
3:01 |
C5 |
Your Red Wagon
|
2:47 |
C6 |
Money Is Honey
|
2:46 |
C7 |
Just A Minute
|
2:37 |
C8 |
Robbin’s Nest
|
3:06 |
C9 |
Hey Pretty Baby
|
3:00 |
D1 |
Bye Bye Baby
|
2:34 |
D2 |
Just An Old Man Manuscript
|
3:13 |
D3 |
She’s A Wine-O
|
2:30 |
D4 |
Shoutin’ Blues
|
2:34 |
D5 |
Wonderful Things
|
2:35 |
D6 |
Mine Too
|
2:23 |
D7 |
Walking Slow Behind You
|
2:45 |
D8 |
Normania
|
2:56 |
D9 |
Rat Race
|
2:36 |
D10 |
Sweets
|
2:22 |
Credits
- Alto Saxophone – Charlie Price* (tracks: A5 to D8), Earl Warren* (tracks: D2 to D8)
- Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Preston Love (tracks: A1 to A4, B5 to D1), Rudy Rutherford (tracks: A1 to A4)
- Baritone Saxophone – Gene Ammons (tracks: D9, D10), Jack Washington (tracks: A1 to A4, B5 to D8)
- Bass – Al McKibbon (tracks: D9, D10), Rodney Richardson (tracks: A1 to A4), Singleton Palmer (tracks: D1 to D8), Walter Page (tracks: A5 to D1)
- Drums – George Ballard* (tracks: D2 to D8), Gus Johnson (tracks: D9, D10), Jo Jones (tracks: A5 to D1), Shadow Wilson (tracks: A1 to A4)
- Guitar – Freddie Green
- Piano – Count Basie
- Tenor Saxophone – Buddy Tate (tracks: A1 to A4, B5 to D1), Gene Ammons (tracks: D9, D10), Georgie Auld (tracks: D9, D10), Jimmy Taylor (18) (tracks: D8), Paul Gonsalves (tracks: A1 to D8), Bill Parker* (tracks: D2 to D8)
- Trombone – Bill Johnson (tracks: A1 to D1), Dickie Wells (tracks: C1 to C7, D2 to D10), Eli Robinson (tracks: A1 to B9), George Matthews (2) (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to A9, B5 to B9, C3 to D8), George Simon (tracks: C1, C2), George Washington (tracks: C8, C9, D1), Melba Liston (tracks: D2), Ted Donnelly (tracks: A1 to D8)
- Trumpet – Clark Terry (tracks: D2 to D8), Ed Lewis (tracks: A1 to A4, B5 to D1), Emmett Berry (tracks: A1 to A9, B2, B3, B5 to D8), Gerald Wilson (tracks: D2 to D8), Harry Edison (tracks: A1 to A4, B5 to D10), Jimmy Nottingham (tracks: D2 to D8), Snooky Young (tracks: A1 to A4, B5 to D1)
- Vocals – Taps Miller (tracks: B6)
Notes
A2 Los Angeles, January 3, 1947
A3 New York, March 13, 1947
A4 New York, March 13, 1947
A5 New York, May 20, 1947
A6 New York, May 20, 1947
A7 New York, May 20, 1947
A8 New York, May 20, 1947
A9 New York, May 20, 1947
B1 New York, May 21, 1947
B2 New York, May 21, 1947
B3 New York, May 21, 1947
B4 New York, May 21, 1947
B5 New York, May 22, 1947
B6 New York, May 22, 1947
B7 New York, May 22, 1947
B8 New York, May 22, 1947
B9 New York, May 22, 1947
C1 Chicago, October 19, 1947
C2 Chicago, October 19, 1947
C3 Los Angeles, December 8, 1947
C4 Los Angeles, December 8, 1947
C5 Los Angeles, December 8, 1947
C6 Los Angeles, December 8, 1947
C7 Los Angeles, December 8, 1947
C8 Los Angeles, December 12, 1947
C9 Los Angeles, December 12, 1947
D1 Los Angeles, December 12, 1947
D2 Los Angeles, April 11, 1949
D3 New York, June 29, 1949
D4 New York, June 29, 1949
D5 New York, July 22, 1949
D6 New York, July 22, 1949
D7 New York, July 22, 1949
D8 New York, August 5, 1949
D9 New York, February 2, 1950
D10 New York, February 2, 1950