Description:
Count Basie's style always has been fluid and flexible, its particular sound at any given moment being dependent on the presence of both its solo stylists and its arrangements, contributed by band members and by outside arrangers. To demonstrate the various aspects of the orchestra's output, each CD is devoted to a different facet. The first covers those early recordings with uncredited scores, or those attributed to a band member: the second highlights scores contributed by outside arrangers, while the third is devoted to the band's vocalists. Finally, we turn to the various small groups, principally recorded under the leader's name. |
 Swinging At The Daisy Chain
One O'Clock Jump
John's Idea
Time Out
Topsy
Out Of The Window
Every Tub
Swingin' The Blues
Blue And Sentimental
Doggin' Around
Texas Shuffle
Jumpin' At The Woodside
Panassie Stomp
Lady Be Good
Taxi War Dance
Volcano
Ham 'N' Eggs
Moten Swing
Love Jumped Out
Wiggle Woogie
Music Makers
Jitters
Down, Down, Down
Diggin' For Dex
Tops Miller
Honeysuckle Rose
Roseland Shuffle
Smarty
Shorty George
Cherokee: Part 1
Cherokee: Part 2
The Apple Jump
I Never Knew
Tickle Toe
Louisiana
Easy Does It
Let Me See
Gone With "What" Wind
Superchief
The World Is Mad: Part 1
The World Is Mad: Part 2
Five O'Clock Whistle
Broadway
Rockin' The Blues
Beau Brummel
Jump The Blues Away
9.20 Special
Fiesta In Blue
Somethin' New
Feather Merchant
Ain't That The Truth?
Evenin'
Pennies From Heaven
Exactly Like You
Boogie Woogie
Listen, My Children
Good Mornin' Blues
Georgianna
Sent For You Yesterday
Mama Don't Want No Peas An' Rice An' Coconut Oil
Stop Beatin' Around The Mulberry Bush
My Heart Belongs To Daddy
You Can Depend On Me
Thursday
Goin' To Chicago
If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
Bolero At The Savoy
Sub Deb Blues
Nobody Knows
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Someday Sweetheart
Somebody Stole My Girl
I Want A Little Girl
My Wanderin' Man
Harvard Blues
Rusty Dusty Blues
Shoeshine Boy
Lady be Good
How Long Blues
The Dirty Dozens
Hey! Lawdy Mama
The Fives
Boogie Woogie
Oh! Red
Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well
Dupree Blues
When The Sun Goes Down
Red Wagon
Jive At Five
Ain't Got Nobody
Live And Love Tonight
Love Me Or Leave Me
Dickie's Dream
Lester Leaps In
Till Tom Special
Gone With "What" Wind?
Royal Garden Blues
Bugle Blues
Sugar Blues
Farewell Blues
Cafe Society Blues |
Personnel: Buck Clayton, Lester Young, Earl Warren, Walter Page, Dicky Wells, Jimmy Rushing, Joe Keyes, Claude Williams, Buddy Tate, Helen Humes, Don Byas, Charlie Christian, more |
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