The Legend (Count Basie album)

The Legend
The Legend
Studio album by Count Basie and His Orchestra
Released	1962
Recorded	October 30 – November 2, 1961; New York City
Genre	Jazz, big band
Length	33:11
Label	Roulette
Producer	Teddy Reig
Count Basie chronology

Released1962

RecordedOctober 30 – November 2, 1961
New York City

GenreJazz, big band

Length33:11

The Legend (subtitled From the Pen of Benny Carter) is an album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie featuring tracks composed by Benny Carter recorded in 1961 and originally released on the Roulette label.^[1]^[2]

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

v t e Benny Carter
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Alone Together (1952) Cosmopolite (1952–54) Benny Carter Plays Pretty (1954) New Jazz Sounds (and Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris, 1954) Urbane Jazz (and Roy Eldridge, 1955) Jazz Giant (1957–58) Swingin' the '20s (and Earl Hines, 1958) Further Definitions/Additions to Further Definitions (1961/1966) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (and Dizzy Gillespie, 1976) Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986) Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter (1986)
Songs	"Cow-Cow Boogie" (1942)

The Legend (Count Basie album)

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