Count Basie

This edition presents he complete classic album Basie Plays Hefti, a follow up to the celebrated LP The Atomic Mr.Basie, wich also presented arrangements and tunes by Neal Hefti.
With the obvious exception of the tunes from the Atomic album, the bonus tracks present all other existing songs featuring Basie playing music composed and arranged by Hefti recorded between 1952 and 1958, and taken from various rarely heard and difficult to find studio sessions.

1-11] Basie plays Hefti:
Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley (tp), Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Marshal Royal (cl, as), Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Billy Mitchell (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bar), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d). New York, April 3, 4 & 14, 1958.

Bonus Tracks [12-24]: Similar personnel as [1-11] [12] June 1956; [13] January 1956; [14-17] August 1954; [18-20] December 1953; [21] 1953; [22-24] January 1952. All tracks recorded in New York.

1. Has Anyone Here Seen Basie?, 2. Cute, 3 .Pensive Miss, 4. Sloo Foot, 5. It’s Awf’ly Nice To Be With You, 6. Scoot, 7. Little Tempo, Please, 8. Late Date, 9. Count Down, 10. Bag-A’ Bones, 11. Pony Tail, 12. Lollypop, 13. Dinner With Friends, 14. Ska-Di-Dle-Dee-Bee-Doo, 15. Two Franks,16. You For Me, 17. Two For The Blues, 18. Bubbles, 19. Softly With Feeling, 20. Cherry Point, 21. Plymouth Rock, 22. Sure Thing, 23. Why Not?, 24. Fancy Meetin’ You.

Total Time: 76:40

All tracks composed and arranged by NEAL HEFTI.