Basie's Beat
1967 studio album by Count Basie Orchestra
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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 | |||
| Studio | A & R (New York City) | |||
| 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