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| The Count Basie Story - Basie, Count Disc 1 1. Shoe Shine Boy 2:582. Lady Be Good 3:06 3. Swingin' At The Daisy Chain 2:48 4. Roseland Shuffle 2:31 5. The Glory Of Love 2:28 6. Smarty (You Know It All) 2:38 7. One O'clock Jump 3:01 8. John's Idea 2:54 9. Time Out 3:00 10. Topsy 3:05 11. Out The Window 2:44 12. Blues In The Dark 3:02 13. Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Came Today) 2:51 14. Every Tub 3:31 15. Swinging The Blues 2:41 16. Blue And Sentimental 3:11 17. Doggin' Around 2:58 18. Texas Shuffle 3:06 19. Jumpin' At The Woodside 3:06 20. How Long, How Long Blues 2:33 21. The Dirty Dozens 3:01 22. Shorty George 2:39 23. The Blues I Like To Hear 3:00 24. Panassie Stomp 2:47 25. My Heart Belongs To Daddy 2:51 Disc 2 1. Dupree Blues 3:032. Red Wagon 2:52 3. You Can Depend On Me 3:11 4. Blame It On My Last Affair 2:48 5. Jive At Five 2:54 6. Oh, Lady Be Good 3:07 7. Goin' To Chicago Blues 3:04 8. Rock-A-Bye Basie 3:00 9. Taxi War Dance 2:47 10. Jump For Me 3:08 11. Miss Thing (Pts 1 & 2) 5:35 12. Pound Cake 2:41 13. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie 2:26 14. Dickie's Dream 3:06 15. Lester Leaps In 3:10 16. I Left My Baby 3:11 17. Volcano 2:48 18. Tickle-Toe 2:37 19. Louisiana 2:23 20. Easy Does It 3:25 21. Let Me See 2:44 22. Blow Top 2:53 23. Gone With 24. Super Chief 3:22 Disc 3 1. Moten Swing 2:172. I Want A Little Girl 2:37 3. Broadway 2:55 4. Rockin' The Blues 3:06 5. The Jitters 2:42 6. Tuesday At Ten 2:56 7. Fiesta In Blue 3:04 8. Something New 2:16 9. Feather Merchant 3:00 10. Down For Double 3:00 11. Harvard Blues 3:19 12. Ain't It The Truth? 2:54 13. It's Sand Man! 3:06 14. Dance Of The Gremlins 2:37 15. G.I. Stomp (Red Bank Boogie) 2:16 16. Rhythm Man 2:37 17. Taps Miller 3:03 18. Avenue C 3:08 19. High Tide 5:35 20. Tippin', On The Q.T. 3:44 21. San Jose 2:42 22. B-Flat Blues 2:35 23. High Tide 2:49 24. Queer Street 3:02 25. The Mad Boogie 2:54 Disc 4 1. Lazy Lady Blues 3:082. Rambo 3:18 3. Stay Cool 3:08 4. The King 3:06 5. Stay On It 3:25 6. Bill's Mill 3:39 7. Brand New Wagon 2:52 8. One O'clock Boogie 3:24 9. Swingin' The Blues 3:14 10. Basie's Basement 3:16 11. Shine On Harvest Moon 2:22 12. Sugar 2:22 13. 7th Avenue Express 2:37 14. Mr. Roberts' Roost 2:31 15. Just A Minute 2:38 16. Hey, Pretty Baby 2:59 17. Bye Bye Baby 2:34 18. After You've Gone 2:33 19. If You See My Baby 2:20 20. Sweets 2:23 21. Golden Bullet 2:25 22. Song Of The Islands 2:50 23. One O'clock Jump 2:56 24. Tootsie 2:49 25. Basie Boogie 3:07 | Discography DISC ONE - One Oâ??Clock Jump Jones-Smith Incorporated : Carl "Tatti" Smith, tp; Lester Young, ts; Count Basie, p; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. Chicago, November 9, 1936. C-1657-1 SHOE SHINE BOY Vocalion 3411 C-1660-1 LADY BE GOOD Vocalion 3459 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Buck Clayton, Joe Keyes, Carl Smith, tp; George Hunt, Dan Minor, tb; Caughey Roberts, as; Lester Young,Herschel Evans, Ts; Jack Washington, bs, as; Count Basie, p; Claude "Fiddler" Williams, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. New York,January 21, 1937. 61544-A SWINGINâ?? AT THE DAISY CHAIN Decca 1121 61545-A ROSELAND SHUFFLE Decca 1141 Count Basie and his Orchestra :Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Bobby Moore, tp; George Hunt, Dan Minor, tb; Caughey Roberts, as; Lester Young, Herschel Evans, ts; Jack Washington, bs, as; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. New York,March 26, 1937. 62080-A THE GLORY OF LOVE Decca 1228 Same personnel as above, but Earl Warren, as, replaces Roberts, add Eddie Durham, tb, el-g, arr; Harry "Buster" Smith, arr. New York,July 7, 1937. 62331-B SMARTY Decca 1379 62332-A ONE Oâ??CLOCK JUMP (Arr.Buster Smith) Decca 1363 62334-A JOHNâ??S IDEA Decca 1363 Same personnel as above, but BennyMorton, tb, replaces Hunt. New York, August 9, 1937. 62513-A TIME OUT (Arr. Eddie Durham) Decca 1538 62514-A TOPSY (Arr. Eddie Durham) Decca 1170 Same personnel as above, but Bobby Hicks, tp, replaces Moore. New York, October 13, 1937. 62683-A OUT THE WINDOW Decca 1581 Same personnel as above, but Karl George, tp, replaces Hicks, add Jimmy Rushing, voc. New York, January 3, 1938. 63123-A BLUES IN THE DARK Decca 1682 Same personnel as above, but Harry Edison, tp, replaces George. New York, February 16, 1938. 63286-A SENT FOR YOU YESTERDAY Decca 1880 63287-A EVERY TUB Decca 1723 63289-A SWINGING THE BLUES Decca 1880 Same personnel as above. New York,June 6, 1938. 63919-A BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL Decca 1965 63920-A DOGGINâ?? AROUND (Arr. Herschel Evans) Decca 1965 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, tp; Dicky Wells, Dan Minor, Benny Morton, tb; Earl Warren, cl, as; Lester Young, Herschel Evans, cl, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. New York, August 22, 1938. 64473-A TEXAS SHUFFLE Decca 2030 64474-A JUMPINâ?? AT THE WOODSIDE Decca 2212 Count Basie Quartet : Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. New York, November 9, 1938. 64731-A HOW LONG, HOW LONG BLUES Decca 2355 64732-A THE DIRTY DOZENS Decca 2498 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Buck Clayton, tp; Dicky Wells, Dan Minor, BennyMorton, tb; Earl Warren, as; Lester Young,Herschel Evans, ts; Jack Washington, bs, as; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d; Jimmy Rushing, voc. New York, November 16, 1938. 64747-A SHORTY GEORGE Decca 2325 64748-A THE BLUES I LIKE TO HEAR Decca 2284 64750-A PANASSIE STOMP Decca 2224 Same personnel as above, but add Shad Collins, tp; Helen Humes, voc. New York,January 5, 1939. 648851-A MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY Decca 2249 Disc Two - Jive At Five Count Basie Quartet : Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. New York,January 6, 1939. 64956-B DUPREE BLUES Decca 3071 64958-B RED WAGON Decca 3071 Count Basie Sextet : Shad Collins, tp; Lester Young, ts; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d; Jimmy Rushing voc. 64978-A YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME Decca 2631 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Shad Collins, Buck Clayton,Harry Edison, tp; Dicky Wells, Benny Morton, Dan Minor, tb; Earl Warren, as; Lester Young, Chu Berry, ts; Jack Washington, bs, as; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d; HelenHumes, voc. New York, February 3, 1939. 64981-A BLAME IT ON MY LAST AFFAIR Decca 2284 Same personnel as above. New York, February 4, 1939. 64982-A JIVE AT FIVE Decca 2922 64985-A OH, LADY BE GOOD Decca 2631 Basieâ??s Bad Boys : Buck Clayton, Shad Collins, tp; Dicky Wells, tb; Lester Young, cl, ts; Count Basie, org; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d; Jimmy Rushing, voc. Chicago, February 13, 1939. W 24511-A GOINâ?? TO CHICAGO BLUES CBS 67205 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton,Harry Edison, Shad Collins, tp; Dicky Wells, BennyMorton, Dan Minor, tb; Earl Warren, as; Lester Young, Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs, as; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; JoJones, d. New York, March 19, 1939. 24239-1 ROCK-A-BYE-BASIE Vocalion 4747 24242-1 TAXI WAR DANCE Vocalion 4748 Same personnel as above. New York, March 20, 1939. 24244-1 JUMP FOR ME Vocalion 4886 Same personnel as above. New York, April 5, 1939. 24340-A MISS THING, PT. 1 Vocalion 4860 24341-A MISS THING, PT. 2 Vocalion 4860 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis,Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Shad Collins, tp; Dicky Wells, BennyMorton, Dan Minor, tb; Earl Warren, as; Lester Young,Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. Chicago, May 19, 1939. WC-2597-C POUND CAKE Vocalion 5085 Same personnel as above. New York, August 4, 1939. 24981-A CLAP HANDS! HERE COMES CHARLIE Vocalion 5085 Count Basieâ??s Kansas City Seven : Buck Clayton, tp; Dicky Wells, ts; Lester Young, ts; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. New York, September 5, 1939. 25296-1 DICKIEâ??S DREAM Vocalion 5118 25297-1 LESTER LEAPS IN Vocalion 5118 Same personnel as August 4, 1939, but add Jimmy Rushing, voc. New York,November 6, 1939. 26277-A I LEFT MY BABY Columbia 35231 26279-A VOLCANO Okeh 6010 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton,Harry Edison, Al Killian, tp; Vic Dickenson, Dan Minor, Dicky Wells, tb; Earl Warren, as; Lester Young, Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; JoJones, d. New York, March 19, 1940. 26656-A TICKLE-TOE Columbia 35521 26658-A LOUISIANA Columbia 35548 Same personnel as above. New York,March 20, 1940. 26659-A EASY DOES IT Columbia 35448 26660-A LET ME SEE Okeh 6330 Same personnel as above, but add Tab Smith, as. New York,May 31, 1940. 26870-B BLOW TOP Okeh 5629 26871-B GONE WITH "WHAT" WIND Okeh 5629 26872-A SUPER CHIEF Okeh 5673 Disc Three - Harvard Blues Same personnel as March 20, 1940. Chicago, August 8, 1940. WC 3527-A MOTEN SWING Okeh 5732 WC 3529-A I WANT A LITTLE GIRL Okeh 5733 Same personnel as above. New York, November 19, 1940. 29090-1 BROADWAY Okeh 6095 Same personnel as above, but PaulBascomb, ts, replaces Lester Young; add Tab Smith, as. New York, December 13, 1940. 29249-1 ROCKINâ?? THE BLUES Okeh 6010 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Al Killian,Harry Edison,Buck Clayton, tp; Ed Cuffee, Dicky Wells, Dan Minor, tb; Earl Warren, as; Tab Smith, as, bs; DonByas, Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; JoJones, d. New York,January 28, 1941. 29583-1 THE JITTERS Okeh 6095 29584-1 TUESDAY AT TEN Okeh 6071 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Al Killian,Harry Edison, Buck Clayton, tp; Dicky Wells, Robert Scott, Eli Robinson, tb; Earl Warren, as; Tab Smith,as; Don Byas, Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; JoJones, d. New York, September 24, 1941. 31354-1 FIESTA IN BLUE Okeh 6440 Same personnel as above. New York, October 1, 1941. 031376-1 SOMETHING NEW Okeh 6449 Same personnel as above, but add Jimmy Rushing, voc; Tab Smith, out. New York,November 17, 1941. 31765-1 FEATHER MERCHANT Columbia 36845 31766-A DOWN FOR DOUBLE Okeh 6584 31768-1 HARVARD BLUES Okeh 6564 Same personnel as above, but add Caughey Roberts, as. Los Angeles, July 27, 1942. HCO 892-1 AINâ??T IT THE TRUTH ? Columbia 36647 HCO 893-1 ITâ??S SAND, MAN! Columbia 36845 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton,Harry Edison, Snooky Young, tp; Eli Robinson, Buster Smith, Louis Taylor, Dicky Wells, tb; Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell, as; DonByas, Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Rodney Richardson, b; Jo Jones, d. Hollywood, early July 1943. VP 87 DANCE OF THE GREMLINS V-Disc 34 VP 118 G.I. STOMP (Red BankBoogie) V-Disc 34 Same personnel as above, but Vernon Alley, b, replaces Richardson. Los Angeles, November 3, 1943. VP 495 RHYTHM MAN V-Disc 175 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Harry Edison, Al Killian, Al Stearns, Joe Newman, tp; Ted Donnelly, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor, Dicky Wells, tb; Earl Warren, JimmyPowell, as; Buddy Tate, Lucky Thompson, ts; Rudy Rutherford, bs, cl; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Rodney Richardson, b; Shadow Wilson, d. New York, December 6, 1944. CO 33953-1 TAPS MILLER Columbia 36831 Same personnel as above. New York, February 26, 1945. CO 34352-1 AVENUE C Columbia CL 6079 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Karl George, SnookyYoung, tp; Ted Donelly, J.J.Johnson, Eli Robinson, Dicky Wells, tb; Jimmy Powell, Earl Warren, as; Buddy Tate, Lucky Thompson, ts; Rudy Rutherford, bs, cl; Count Basie, p; Rodney Richardson, b; Shadow Wilson, d; Taps Miller, Harry Edison, Snooky Young, voc. (-1). New York, May 14, 1945. VP 1358 HIGH TIDE (-1) V-Disc 483 VP 1686 TIPPINâ?? ON THE Q.T. V-Disc 627 JP 296 SAN JOSE V-Disc 744 JP 296 B-FLAT BLUES V-Disc 744 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Emmett Berry, Harry Edison, Ed Lewis, Snooky Young, tp; Ted Donnelly, J.J.Johnson, Eli Robinson, Dicky Wells, tb; PrestonLove, George Dorsey, as; Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet, ts; Rudy Rutherford, bs, cl; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Rodney Richardson, b; Shadow Wilson, d. Hollywood,October 9, 1945. HCO 1565-1 HIGH TIDE Columbia 36990 HCO 1566-1 QUEER STREET Columbia 36889 Same personnel as above, but George Matthews, tb, replaces Dicky Wells. New York, January 9, 1946. 35603-1 THEMADBOOGIE Columbia 36946 Disc Four - Basieâ??s Basement Count Basie and his Orchestra : Emmett Berry,Harry Edison, Ed Lewis, Snooky Young, Joe Newman, tp; Ted Donnelly, J.J.Johnson, Eli Robinson, George Matthews, tb; Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell, as; Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet, ts; Rudy Rutherford, bs, cl; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Rodney Richardson, b; JoJones, d, Jimmy Rushing, voc. New York, February 6, 1946. 35730-1 LAZY LADY BLUES Columbia 36900 35731-1 RAMBO Columbia CL 754 35732-1 STAY COOL Columbia CL 6079 35733-1 THE KING Columbia 37070 Count Basie and his Orchestra :Joe Newman, Emmett Berry, Ed Lewis, Snooky Young, tp; Eli Robinson, J.J.Johnson, George Matthews, Ted Donnelly, tb; Preston Love, Rudy Rutherford, as; Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. New York,July 31, 1946. STAY ON IT CBS 66102 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Ed Lewis, Emmett Berry,Harry Edison, Snooky Young, tp; Ted Donnelly, George Matthews, Eli Robinson, BillJohnson, tb; PrestonLove, Rudy Rutherford, cl, as; Buddy Tate, Paul Gonsalves, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Rodney Richardson, b; Shadow Wilson, d; Jimmy Rushing, voc. Los Angeles, January 3, 1947. D7 VB 402-2 BILLâ??S MILL Victor 20-2148 D7 VB 405-1 BRAND NEW WAGON Victor 20-2529 Same personnel as above. New York,March 13, 1947. D7 VB 652-1 ONE Oâ??CLOCK BOOGIE Victor 20-2262 Count Basie, His Instrumentalists and Rhythm : Emmett Berry, tp; George Matthews, tb; Charlie Price, as; Paul Gonsalves, ts; Count Basie, p, org (-1); Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; JoJones, d. New York, May 20, 1947. D7 VB 886-1 SWINGINâ?? THE BLUES Victor 20-2696 D7 VB 888-1 BASIEâ??S BASEMENT (-1) Victor 20-2695 Count Basie, His Instrumentalists and Rhythm : Paul Gonsalves, ts (-1); Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. New York,May 21, 1947. D7 VB 891-1 SHINE ON HARVEST MOON Victor 20-2694 D7 VB 894-1 SUGAR (-1) Victor 20-2696 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Emmett Berry, Ed Lewis, Joe Newman,Harry Edison, Snooky Young, tp; BillJohnson, Dicky Wells, George Simon, Ted Donnelly, tb; Charlie Price, PrestonLove, as; Paul Gonsalves, Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d. Chicago, October 19, 1947. D7 VB 1092 7TH AVENUE EXPRESS Victor 20-3003 D7 VB 1093 MR. ROBERTSâ?? ROOST Victor 20-3255 Same personnel as above, but George Matthews, tb, replaces George Simon. Los Angeles, December 9, 1947. D7 VB 2171-1 JUST A MINUTE Victor 20-3051 Same personnel as above, but George Washington, tb, replaces Wells, add Jimmy Rushing, voc. Los Angeles, December 12, 1947. D7 VB 2187-2 HEY, PRETTY BABY Victor 20-2948 D7 VB 2189-1 BYE BYE BABY Victor 20-3051 Count Basie and his Orchestra : Harry Edison, Emmett Berry, Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham, Gerald Wilson, tp; Ted Donnelly, Dicky Wells, George Matthews, tb; Earl Warren, Charlie Price, as; Paul Gonsalves, Bill Parker, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; SingletonPalmer, b; George Ballard, d; Jimmy Rushing, voc. New York,June 29, 1949. D9 VB 1769 AFTER YOUâ??VE GONE Victor 20-3558 Count Basie Octet :Harry Edison, tp; Dicky Wells, tb; Georgie Auld, ts; Gene Ammons, ts, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Al McKibbon, b; Gus Johnson, d; "Google Eyes" voc. (-1). New York, February 6, 1950. EOVB 3187 IF YOU SEE MY BABY (-1) Victor LPM 1112 EOVB 3190 SWEETS Victor LPM 1112 Count Basie Octet : Clark Terry, tp; Buddy De Franco, cl; Charlie Rouse, ts; Serge Chaloff, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Jimmy Lewis, b; Buddy Rich, d. New York, May 16, 1950. 43263-1 GOLDEN BULLET Columbia PC 36824 Same personnel as above, but Wardell Gray, ts; Rudy Rutherford, bs; Gus Johnson, replace Rouse, Chaloff and Rich. New York,November 2, 1950. 44594-1 SONG OF THE ISLANDS CBS 467 1432 44597-1 ONE Oâ??CLOCK JUMP Columbia CL 997 Same personnel as above. New York, November 3, 1950. 44609-1 TOOTSIE Columbia CL 901 Count Basie All Stars : Clark Terry, tp; Buddy De Franco, cl; Wardell Gray, ts; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Jimmy Lewis, b; Gus Johnson, d. Recorded 1950. BASIE BOOGIE |