Basie's Beat
Basie's Beat is a 1967 album by Count Basie and his orchestra.[1]
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| Released | 1967 | |||
| Recorded | Oct 7, 8 & 9, 1965 and February 15, 1967 A & R Studio, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Swing, Big band | |||
| Length | 36:24 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Teddy Reig | |||
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The trombonist Richard Boone sings on two of the tracks, "Boone's Blues" and "I Got Rhythm".
Track listing
- "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Billy Rose) - 2:43
- "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams) - 4:56
- "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 5:26
- "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:37
- "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) - 3:43
- "Boone's Blues" (Richard Boone) - 2:50
- "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) - 3:06
- "Hey Jim" - 4:10
- "Happy House" - 4:23
- "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 5:09
Personnel
- The Count Basie Orchestra
- Count Basie - piano, arranger
- Richard Boone - vocals, trombone
- Bobby Plater, Marshall Royal - alto saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Norman Keenan - double bass
- Ed Shaughnessy, Rufus Jones - drums
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Billy Mitchell, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric Dixon, Marshall Brown - tenor saxophone
- Al Grey, Grover Mitchell, Harlan Floyd, Henderson Chambers - trombone
- Bill Hughes - bass trombone
- Al Aarons, Gene Goe, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Phil Guilbeau, Sonny Cohn, Wallace Davenport - trumpet
- Production
- Acy R. Lehman - cover design
- Phil Ramone, Bob Arnold - engineer
- Val Valentin - director of engineering
- Stanley Dance - liner notes
- Chuck Stewart - photography
- Teddy Reig - producer
References
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