Count Basie - Basie's Best

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1	Swingin' At The Daisy Chain Ensemble – Count Basie And His Orchestra*Written-By – Basie*	2:48
2	Honeysuckle Rose Ensemble – Count Basie And His Orchestra*Written-By – Razaf*, Waller*	3:00
3	Roseland Shuffle Ensemble – Count Basie And His Orchestra*Written-By – Basie*	2:33
4	One O'Clock Jump Written-By – Basie*	3:03
5	John's Idea Written-By – Basie*, Durham*	2:59
6	Time Out Written-By – Durham*	3:04
7	Topsy Written-By – Durham*	3:07
8	Swinging The Blues Written-By – Basie*, Durham*	2:42
9	Blue And Sentimental Written-By – Basie*, Livingstone*, David*	3:15
10	Texas Shuffle Written-By – Evans*	3:08
11	Jumpin' At The Woodside Written-By – Basie*	3:09
12	Pannasie Stomp Written-By – Basie*	2:50
13	Cherokee (Parts 1 & 2) Written-By – Noble*	6:13
14	You Can Depend On Me Bass – Walter PageDrums – Jo JonesEnsemble – Count Basie SextetPiano – Count BasieTenor Saxophone – Lester YoungTrumpet – Shad CollinsVocals – Jimmy RushingWritten-By – Carpenter*Written-By [Uncredited] – Earl Hines, Louis Dunlap	3:14
15	Jive At Five Written-By – Basie*, Edison*	2:56
16	Oh, Lady Be Good Written-By – G And I Gershwin*	3:06

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Charly Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Charly Records Ltd.
• Marketed By – Charly Records Ltd.
• Pressed By – Pilz Compact Disc

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Caughey Roberts (tracks: 1 to 3)
• Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Earle Warren (tracks: 4 to to 13, 15, 16)
• Baritone Saxophone – Jack Washington (tracks: 1 to 13, 15, 16)
• Bass – Walter Page
• Drums – Jo Jones
• Electric Guitar – Eddie Durham (tracks: 4 to 13, 15, 16)
• Guitar – Claude Williams (tracks: 1 to 3), Freddy Green* (tracks: 4 to 13, 15, 16)
• Piano – Count Basie
• Tenor Saxophone – Chu Berry* (tracks: 13, 15, 16)
• Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Herschel Evans (tracks: 1 to 12), Lester Young (tracks: 1 to 13, 15, 16)
• Trombone – Benny Morton (tracks: 6 to to 13, 15, 16), Dan Minor (tracks: 1 to 13, 15, 16), Dicky Wells* (tracks: 10 to 13, 15, 16), Eddie Durham (tracks: 4, 5), George Hunt (tracks: 1 to 5)
• Trumpet – Bobby Moore (tracks: 4 to 7), Buck Clayton (tracks: 1 to 13, 15, 16), Carl Smith (tracks: 1 to 3), Ed Lewis (tracks: 4 to 13, 15, 16), Harry Edison (tracks: 8 to 13, 15, 16), Joe Keyes (tracks: 1 to 3), Shad Collins (tracks: 13, 15, 16)
• Vocals – Helen Humes (tracks: 13, 15, 16)

Notes

This compilation
℗ 1992 Charly Records Ltd.
© 1992 Charly Records Ltd.
Marketed by Charly Records Ltd.
Made in the EEC.

Tracks 1 to 3 - New York, January 21 1937.
Tracks 4 and 5 - New York, July 7, 1937.
Tracks 6 and 7 - New York, August 9, 1937.
Track 8 - New York, February 16, 193.
Track 9 - New York, June 6, 1938.
Tracks 10 and 11 - New York, August 22, 1938.
Track 12 - New York, November 16, 1938.
Track 13, 15 and 16 - New York, February 3, 1939.
Track 14 - New York, February 2, 1939.

Issued in a slim 2-CD jewel case with a 4-page booklet.
Track durations taken from WinAmp.
Total playing time 51:07.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: PILZ CD CDCD1024 [ AT 30511 A ]
• Barcode: 0 82333 16222 8
• Rights Society: SPA

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDCD 1024	Count Basie	Basie's Best ‎(CD, Comp)	Classic Jazz	CDCD 1024	Portugal	1992