Count Basie

The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings

Release date 2005

Tracklist

1
New Basie Blues
3:26
3:26
2
New Basie Blues (45 take)
3:33
3:33
3
Sure Thing
3:03
3:03
4
Why Not?
3:31
3:31
5
Fawncy Meetin' You
3:03
3:03
6
Jive at Five
3:09
3:09
7
No Name
3:08
3:08
8
No Name (78 take)
3:10
3:10
9
Redhead
2:51
2:51
10
Every Tub
2:50
2:50
11
Jack and Jill (alternate take)
2:55
2:55
12
Jack and Jill
2:55
2:55
13
Bread
2:52
2:52
14
There's a Small Hotel
3:33
3:33
15
Hob Nail Boogie
2:35
2:35
16
Basie Talks
3:39
3:39
17
Paradise Squat (take 2)
4:05
4:05
18
Paradise Squat (take 3)
3:39
3:39
19
U.F.O.
3:04
3:04
20
Like a Ship at Sea
3:37
3:37
21
Bunny
3:09
3:09
22
Tippin' on the Q.T. (alternate take)
3:11
3:11
23
Tippin', on the Q.T.
3:02
3:02
24
Blee Blop Blues
3:03
3:03
25
Cash Box (alternate take)
3:22
3:22
26
Cash Box
3:24
3:24
27
Bootsie (alternate take)
3:26
3:26
28
Bootsie
3:22
3:22
29
Tom Whaley
2:56
2:56
30
Blues for the Count and Oscar (alternate take)
10:53
10:53
31
Blues for the Count and Oscar
3:09
3:09
32
Be My Guest
3:03
3:03
33
You're Not the Kind
3:19
3:19
34
Extended Blues
5:57
5:57
35
Let Me Dream
2:42
2:42
36
Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)
3:13
3:13
37
Goin' to Chicago
3:22
3:22
38
I Want a Little Girl
2:53
2:53
39
Oh, Lady Be Good
2:26
2:26
40
Song of the Islands
2:52
2:52
41
Basie Beat
3:22
3:22
42
She's Funny That Way
4:11
4:11
43
Count's Organ Blues
3:12
3:12
44
K.C. Organ Blues
2:55
2:55
45
Blue And Sentimental
3:04
3:04
46
Stan Shorthair
2:57
2:57
47
As Long as I Live
3:11
3:11
48
Royal Garden Blues
3:05
3:05
49
Plymouth Rock
3:44
3:44
50
Blues Go Away!
3:22
3:22
51
Peace Pipe
2:30
2:30
52
Straight Life
4:33
4:33
53
Bubbles
4:00
4:00
54
Softly With Feeling
3:08
3:08
55
Cherry Point
3:20
3:20
56
Basie Goes Wess
3:55
3:55
57
Right On
2:40
2:40
58
The Blues Done Come Back
3:38
3:38
59
Slow but Sure
3:45
3:45
60
You For Me
3:12
3:12
61
She's Just My Size
4:31
4:31
62
Soft Drink
3:08
3:08
63
Two for the Blues
2:50
2:50
64
Backstage Blues
4:36
4:36
65
I Feel Like a New Man
2:55
2:55
66
Down for the Count
6:02
6:02
67
Stereophonic
2:25
2:25
68
Sixteen Men Swinging
3:05
3:05
69
Ska-di-dle-dee-bee-doo
3:37
3:37
70
Perdido
4:55
4:55
71
Mambo Mist
4:07
4:07
72
Eventide
4:40
4:40
73
Two Franks
3:16
3:16
74
Ain't Misbehavin'
3:43
3:43
75
Rails
5:57
5:57
76
Every Day I Have the Blues
5:27
5:27
77
The Comeback
5:28
5:28
78
All Right, OK, You Win
3:05
3:05
79
In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
3:36
3:36
80
April in Paris
3:49
3:49
81
April in Paris (alternate take)
3:49
3:49
82
Corner Pocket (alternate take)
5:00
5:00
83
Corner Pocket
5:17
5:17
84
Did'n You? (alternate take)
4:51
4:51
85
Did’n You
4:47
4:47
86
Teach Me Tonight
3:04
3:04
87
Please Send Me Someone to Love
3:32
3:32
88
My Baby Upsets Me
2:58
2:58
89
Ev'ry Day (I Fall in Love)
3:44
3:44
90
Roll 'em Pete
3:13
3:13
91
Sweetie Cakes
4:01
4:01
92
Smack Dab in the Middle
3:38
3:38
93
Shiny Stockings
5:16
5:16
94
What Am I Here For? (alternate take)
4:06
4:06
95
What Am I Here For
3:21
3:21
96
Magic (alternate take)
3:45
3:45
97
Magic (alternate take)
3:52
3:52
98
Magic
3:09
3:09
99
Midgets
3:15
3:15
100
Midgits (alternate take)
3:13
3:13
101
Amazing Love
3:31
3:31
102
Only Forever
3:37
3:37
103
Stop Pretty Baby, Stop
3:06
3:06
104
Mambo Inn
3:25
3:25
105
Big Red
3:48
3:48
106
Dinner With Friends
3:07
3:07
107
Blues Inside Out
6:35
6:35
108
Dolphin Dip
3:12
3:12
109
Flute Juice
3:07
3:07
110
Lady in Lace
4:34
4:34
111
Stompin' and Jumpin'
2:47
2:47
112
Trick or Treat
4:13
4:13
113
Move
3:25
3:25
114
As I Love You
3:06
3:06
115
Stop! Don’t!
2:35
2:35
116
Oink
4:36
4:36
117
I'm Beginning to See the Light
3:08
3:08
118
I'm Beginning to See the Light (stereo take)
3:08
3:08
119
Our Love Is Here to Stay
3:40
3:40
120
A Fine Romance
2:31
2:31
121
Nevertheless
3:57
3:57
122
Singin' in the Rain
2:28
2:28
123
There Will Never Be Another You
2:53
2:53
124
My Baby Just Cares for Me
2:27
2:27
125
’S Wonderful
2:38
2:38
126
This Can't Be Love
2:35
2:35
127
Come Rain or Come Shine
4:02
4:02
128
I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
2:40
2:40
129
Thou Swell
2:22
2:22
130
April in Paris
4:43
4:43
131
Too Close for Comfort
3:05
3:05
132
Every Day I Have the Blues
5:11
5:11
133
Party Blues
3:59
3:59
134
Don't Worry 'Bout Me
3:04
3:04
135
Low Life
5:12
5:12
136
Slats
4:42
4:42
137
Lollypop (alternate take)
3:01
3:01
138
Lollypop
3:07
3:07
139
Too Close for Comfort
2:54
2:54
140
One O'Clock Jump (45 take)
4:34
4:34
141
One O'Clock Jump (LP take)
4:29
4:29
142
Basie’s Back in Town
3:16
3:16
143
From Coast to Coast
8:31
8:31
144
Jamboree
1:58
1:58
145
I Don't Like You No More
2:39
2:39
146
One O’Clock Jump
2:05
2:05