The Essence of Count Basie

~ Release by Count Basie (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1One O'Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
3:05
2Harvard Blues
recording of:
Harvard Blues
lyricist:
George Frazier
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Tab Smith
3:23
3Dickie's Dream
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-09-05)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-09-05)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-09-05)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-09-05)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-09-05)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-09-05)
trombone:
Dicky Wells (on 1939-09-05)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-09-05)
orchestra:
Count Basie and His Orchestra (on 1939-09-05)
recording of:
Dickie’s Dream (on 1939-09-05)
writer and composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Lester Young (saxophonist)
3:11
4Lester Leaps In
recording of:
Lester Leaps In
composer:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1939)
3:15
5I Left My Baby
3:15
6Taxi War Dance
2:50
7Red Bank Boogie
recording of:
Red Bank Boogie (aka "G.I. Stomp")
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Buck Clayton
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
2:31
8Nobody Knows
2:48
9Miss Thing
recording of:
Miss Thing
writer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Skip Martin
5:38
10Tickle Toe
recording of:
Tickle Toe
composer:
Lester Young (saxophonist)
2:39
11Don't Worry 'Bout Me
recording of:
Don’t Worry ’bout Me
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1939)
writer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) and Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (in 1939)
publisher:
Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
2:48
12Moten Swing
recording of:
Moten Swing
writer:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist)
composer:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist), Ira E. "Buster" Moten, Count Basie (pianist) (in 1930) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (in 1930)
2:21