Basie Jazz is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1952 and released on the Clef label in 1954.[1][2] Selections from this album were also released on the 1956 Clef LPs The Swinging Count! and Basie Rides Again!.
Reception
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AllMusic | [3] |
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[3]
Track listing
- "Extended Blues" (Count Basie, Oscar Peterson) – 5:58
- "Be My Guest" (Ernie Wilkins) – 3:03
- "Blues for the Count and Oscar" (Basie, Peterson) – 3:10
- "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:26
- "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 2:54
- "Song of the Islands" (Charles E. King) – 2:52
- "Goin' to Chicago" (Count Basie) – 3:22
- "Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing) – 3:13
- "Bread" (Wilkins) – 2:33
- "There's a Small Hotel" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:33
- "Tippin' on the Q. T." (Buck Clayton) – 3:33
- "Blee-Blop Blues" (A. K. Salim) – 3:03
Recorded at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on July 22 (tracks 9–12), July 26 (tracks 1–3) and December 12 (tracks 4–8), 1952
Personnel
- Count Basie – piano, organ
- Paul Campbell (tracks 2 & 7–12) Wendell Culley (tracks 2 & 7–12), Reunald Jones (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7–12), Joe Newman (tracks 2 & 7–12) – trumpet
- Henry Coker (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7–12), Benny Powell (tracks 2 & 7–12), Jimmy Wilkins (tracks 2 & 7–12) – trombone
- Marshall Royal – alto saxophone, clarinet (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7–12)
- Ernie Wilkins – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger (tracks 2 & 7–12)
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tracks 2, 3 & 7–12), Paul Quinichette (tracks 2 & 4–12) – tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7–12)
- Oscar Peterson – piano, organ (tracks 1–3)
- Freddie Green – guitar
- Ray Brown (tracks 1–3), Jimmy Lewis (tracks 9–12), Gene Ramey (tracks 4–8) – bass
- Gus Johnson (tracks 1–3 & 7–12), Buddy Rich (tracks 4–6) – drums
- Al Hibbler – vocals (tracks 7 & 8)
- Buck Clayton, A. K. Salim – arranger
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened. |
As leader or co-leader | Plays series | |
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1955–58 | |
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Plays the Songbook (1959) | |
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The London House Sessions (1961) | |
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Trio & Guests | |
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Exclusively for My Friends | |
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1969–79 |
- Hello Herbie (1969)
- Motions and Emotions (with Claus Ogerman, 1969)
- Another Day (1970)
- Tracks (1970)
- Tristeza on Piano (1970)
- Walking the Line (1970)
- Great Connection (1971)
- In Tune (and The Singers Unlimited, 1971)
- Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971)
- In Tokyo (1972)
- Solo (1972)
- The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972)
- The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972)
- The trio (Pablo, 1973)
- In Russia (1974)
- The Giants (1974)
- The Good Life (1974)
- Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975)
- Porgy and Bess (and Joe Pass, 1975)
- The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975)
- The Tenor Giants (and Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975)
- And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1977)
- Jam – Montreux '77 (1977)
- The London Concert (1978)
- The Paris Concert (1978)
- Digital at Montreux (1979)
- Night Child (1979)
- Skol (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1979)
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With The Trumpet Kings | |
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1980–2004 | |
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With Count Basie or alumni |
- Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
- (Count Basie, 1952)
- Pres and Sweets (Lester Young and Harry Edison, 1955)
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
- Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
- Jazz Giants '58 (Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
- Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
- Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
- Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
- The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
- Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
- Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)
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With Benny Carter | |
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With Roy Eldridge | |
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With Ella Fitzgerald | |
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Coleman Hawkins and/or Ben Webster | |
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With Buddy Rich | |
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With others |
- The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire, 1952)
- Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
- Ellis in Wonderland (Herb Ellis, 1955–56)
- Toni (Toni Harper, 1955–56)
- Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
- Anita Sings the Most (Anita O'Day, 1957)
- Only the Blues (Sonny Stitt, 1957)
- Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
- Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
- This Is Ray Brown (Roy Brown, 1958)
- Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
- Bill Henderson with (1963)
- Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
- The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
- Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
- Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
- Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)
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Film soundtracks | |
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. |
As leader or co-leader | |
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With Count Basie | |
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With others | |
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