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The Count Basie Orchestra
EST. 1935 // ORIGIN: Unknown
Band Biography
Current
Al Aarons
Al Grey
Bill Hughes
Bill Johnson
Bob Ojeda
Bobby Plater
Charlie Fowlkes
Cleveland Eaton
Count Basie
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
Eric Dixon
Frank Hooks
Freddie Green
Grover Mitchell
Harry “Sweets” Edison
Henderson Chambers
John Duke
Marshall Royal
Mike Williams
Phillip Guilbeau
Sonny Cohn
Sonny Payne
Wallace Davenport
Willie Cook
Former
Butch Miles
Joe Williams
Quentin Jackson
Ray 'Quasi' Nelson
Discography
It Might as Well Be Swing
1964 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
2:30
2.
I Wish You Love
2:57
3.
I Believe in You
2:22
4.
More (Theme From 'Mondo Cane')
3:06
5.
I Can't Stop Loving You
3:02
6.
Hello, Dolly!
2:46
7.
I Wanna Be Around
2:22
8.
The Best Is Yet to Come
2:56
9.
The Good Life
2:29
10.
Wives and Lovers
2:48
Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First
1962 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Pennies From Heaven
3:29
2.
Please Be Kind
2:43
3.
(Love Is) The Tender Trap
2:37
4.
Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses
2:32
5.
My Kind of Girl
4:37
6.
I Only Have Eyes for You
3:31
7.
Nice Work If You Can Get It
2:37
8.
Learnin’ the Blues
4:25
9.
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
2:36
10.
I Won’t Dance
4:07
Broadway Basie's...Way
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Hello Young Lovers
2:05
2.
A Lot Of Livin' To Do
3:01
3.
Just In Time
3:06
4.
Mame
3:14
5.
On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
2:42
6.
It's All Right With Me
2:35
7.
On The Street Where You Live
2:48
8.
Here's That Rainy Day
3:22
9.
From This Moment On
2:40
10.
Baubles, Bangles And Beads
3:01
11.
People
2:33
12.
Everything's Coming Up Roses
3:10
Basie's Beatle Bag
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Help!
2:19
2.
Can't Buy Me Love
3:25
3.
Michelle
2:46
4.
I Wanna Be Your Man
3:23
5.
Do You Want to Know a Secret
3:02
6.
A Hard Day's Night
4:26
7.
All My Loving
3:02
8.
Yesterday
3:08
9.
And I Love Her
2:53
10.
Hold Me Tight
2:47
11.
She Loves You
2:57
12.
Kansas City
3:59
This Time by Basie: Hits of the 50's & 60's
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
This Could Be the Start of Something Big
3:18
2.
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
2:32
3.
One Mint Julep
4:02
4.
Swingin' Shepherd Blues
3:16
5.
I Can't Stop Loving You
4:34
6.
Moon River
3:11
7.
In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)
3:14
8.
What Kind of Fool Am I?
2:52
9.
Walk, Don't Run
2:40
10.
Nice 'n' Easy
3:17
11.
Theme from 'The Apartment'
3:16
Ella and Basie!
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Honeysuckle Rose
2:43
2.
’Deed I Do
2:44
3.
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
3:22
4.
Them There Eyes
5:08
5.
Dream a Little Dream of Me
4:07
6.
Tea for Two
3:18
7.
Satin Doll
3:19
8.
I’m Beginning to See the Light
4:07
9.
Shiny Stockings
3:35
10.
My Last Affair
3:18
11.
Ain’t Misbehavin’
3:15
12.
On the Sunny Side of the Street
3:44
The Legend (From the Pen of Benny Carter)
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
The Trot
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2.
Easy Money
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3.
Amoroso
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4.
Goin' On
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5.
Swizzle
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6.
The Legend
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7.
Who's Blues
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8.
Turnabout
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On My Way & Shoutin' Again!
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
I'm Shoutin' Again
3:48
2.
Ducky Bumps
3:33
3.
The Long Night
4:32
4.
Jump for Johnny
3:15
5.
Ain't That Right
2:49
6.
Together Again
2:43
7.
Shanghaied
2:43
8.
Skippin' With Skitch
3:59
9.
Eee Dee
3:01
10.
Rose Bud
3:37
Swinging the Blues
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Swinging the Blues
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2.
How Long Blues
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3.
John’s Idea
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4.
Evil Blues
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5.
Panassie Stomp
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6.
One O’Clock Jump
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7.
Swinging at the Daisy Chain
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8.
Honeysuckle Rose
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9.
Blue and Sentimental
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10.
Sent for You Yesterday
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11.
Shorty George
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12.
Jive at Five
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13.
Blues in the Dark
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14.
Do You Wanna Jump, Children?
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Not Now, I’ll Tell You When
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Not Now, I’ll Tell You When
3:40
2.
Rare Butterfly
4:38
3.
Back to the Apple
4:45
4.
Ol’ Man River
4:56
5.
Mama’s Talkin Soft
4:29
6.
The Daly Jump
4:10
7.
Blue on Blue
2:52
8.
Swinging at the Waldorf
3:43
9.
Sweet and Purty
3:25
Everyday I Have the Blues
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Everyday
4:43
2.
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
1:58
3.
Going to Chicago Blues
4:09
4.
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
2:30
5.
It's a Low Down Dirty Shame
5:26
6.
Shake Rattle and Roll
2:13
7.
Just a Dream
2:53
8.
Cherry Red
2:52
9.
Good Mornin' Blues
2:50
10.
Ain't No Use
2:54
The Atomic Mr. Basie
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
The Kid From Red Bank
2:41
2.
Duet
4:11
3.
After Supper
3:24
4.
Flight of the Foo Birds
3:22
5.
Double‐O
2:45
6.
Teddy the Toad
3:18
7.
Whirly‐Bird
3:50
8.
Midnite Blue
4:27
9.
Splanky
3:35
10.
Fantail
2:55
11.
Lil’ Darlin’
4:49
April in Paris
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
April in Paris
3:46
2.
Corner Pocket
5:14
3.
Did'n You
4:47
4.
Sweety Cakes
4:00
5.
Magic
3:05
6.
Shiny Stockings
5:15
7.
What Am I Here For
3:19
8.
Midgets
3:15
9.
Mambo Inn
3:25
10.
Dinner With Friends
3:07
THE GREATEST!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Thou Swell
2:22
2.
There Will Never Be Another You
2:54
3.
Our Love Is Here to Stay
3:41
4.
'S Wonderful
2:38
5.
My Baby Just Cares for Me
2:27
6.
Nevertheless
3:57
7.
Singin' in the Rain
2:28
8.
I'm Beginning to See the Light
3:08
9.
A Fine Romance
2:31
10.
Come Rain or Come Shine
4:01
11.
I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
2:41
12.
This Can't Be Love
2:33
Basie's Back in Town
-0001 // FULL-LENGTH
1.
Jump the Blues Away
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2.
The Jitters
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3.
Tuesday at Ten
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4.
Down, Down, Down
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5.
Tune Town Shuffle
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6.
Basie Boogie
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7.
Diggin' for Dex
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8.
Fiesta in Blue
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9.
Something New
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10.
Platterbrains
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11.
The Feather Merchant
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12.
Down for Double
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