Count Basie

• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

• INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

• 4 1/2 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

• INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

This edition contains the superb 1962 LP Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (Impulse AS15) in its entirety. It showcases Basie on piano and organ leading a septet featuring some of the best components of his orchestra. Also included here is the song “Trey of Heart”, which complete the session. It first appeared on the compilation album The Definitive Jazz Scene Vol.1 (Impulse AS99). To complete this release, the rare and long-unavailable LP, Memories Ad-Lib (Roulette SR52021). Recorded in 1958, the album presents Basie exclusively on organ, this time leading a quintet with vocalist Joe Williams. Harry “Sweets” Edison joins the band as a guest soloist on “If I Could Be With You”. This release contains new updated liner notes, as well as the original ones for both LPs, and the complete Down Beat review for our main album.

PERSONNEL:

• [1-9] KANSAS CITY 7
• COUNT BASIE, piano, organ on track 3
• THAD JONES, trumpet
• FRANK WESS, flute, alto-flute, on tracks 2, 6, 8 & 9 only
• FRANK FOSTER, tenor sax, clarinet on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5 & 7 only
• ERIC DIXON, tenor sax, flute & clarinet
• FREDDIE GREEN, guitar
• EDDIE JONES, bass
• SONNY PAYNE, drums
• New York, March 21-22, 1962.

• [10-21] MEMORIES AD-LIB
• COUNT BASIE, organ
• JOE WILLIAMS, vocals
• FREDDIE GREEN, guitar
• GEORGE DUVIVIER, bass
• JIMMY CLEVELAND, drums
• HARRY "SWEETS" EDISON, trumpet on track 13 only
• New York, October 13-14 & December 29, 1958.

TRACKS:

• 01 Oh, Lady Be Good
• 02 Secrets
• 03 I Want A Little Girl
• 04 Shoe Shine Boy
• 05 Count’s Place
• 06 Senator Whitehead
• 07 Tally-Ho, Mr. Basie!
• 08 What’cha Talkin’?
• 09 Trey Of Hearts
• 10 Ain’t Misbehavin’
• 11 I’ll Always Be In Love With You
• 12 Sweet Sue, Just You
• 13 If I Could Be With You
• 14 Dinah
• 15 Sometimes I’m Happy
• 16 Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
• 17 Call Me Darling
• 18 The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
• 19 Memories Of You
• 20 Honeysuckle Rose
• 21 All Of Me

• TOTAL TIME: 77:08 min.