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Basic Basie

Basic Basie is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie featuring performances recorded in Chicago in 1969 and released on the MPS label.[1][2] It was released in the U.S. in 1972 on the Groove Merchant label as Evergreens.[3]

Basic Basie
Studio album by
Count Basie and His Orchestra
Released1969
RecordedOctober 20, 1969
StudioUniversal (Chicago)
GenreJazz
Length33:08
LabelMPS
MPS 15 264
ProducerSonny Lester
Count Basie chronology
Standing Ovation
(1969) 		Basic Basie
(1969) 		Basie on the Beatles
(1969)
Evergreens Cover

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]

AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars.[4]

Track listing edit

  1. "Idaho" (Jesse Stone) - 2:19
  2. "Blues in My Heart" (Benny Carter, Irving Mills) - 2:53
  3. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby) - 3:55
  4. "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett) - 2:52
  5. "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Mills, Eddie DeLange) - 2:56
  6. "Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me" (Con Conrad, Sidney Clare) - 2:16
  7. "M-Squad" (Count Basie) - 2:18
  8. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 3:27
  9. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Fats Waller, Harry Brooks. Andy Razaf) - 2:36
  10. "Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 2:56
  11. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Koehler) - 2:48
  12. "I've Got the World on a String" (Arlen, Koehler) - 2:47

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 15, 2015
  2. ^ MPS Records listing Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 14, 2015
  3. ^ Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 2200 Series, accessed March 26, 2018
  4. ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed November 14, 2015
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