Basie Picks the Winners
1965 studio album by Count Basie
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Basie Picks the Winners is a 1965 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra.[3]
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| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 1965 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:24 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Record Mirror | [2] |
Track listing
- "Watermelon Man" (Herbie Hancock) – 3:11
- "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 3:20
- "I Won't Cry Anymore" (Al Frisch, Fred Wise) – 2:22
- "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 3:05
- "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 3:15
- "My Kind of Town" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:40
- "I'm Walkin'" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) – 3:34
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:51
- "Volare" (Domenico Modugno) – 2:44
- "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Lester Young) – 2:05
- "Oh, Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 2:59
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano
- Billy Byers - arranger
- Leon Thomas - vocalist
- Al Aarons - trumpet
- Sonny Cohn - trumpet
- Sam Noto - trumpet
- Wallace Davenport - trumpet
- Al Grey - trombone
- Grover Mitchell - trombone
- Bill Hughes - trombone
- Henderson Chambers - trombone
- Bobby Plater - alto saxophone
- Marshall Royal - alto saxophone
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
- Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Wyatt "Bull" Ruether - bass
- Irv Cottler - drums
- J.C. Heard - drums