The Complete Clef-Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings - Box Set 8CDs

Tracklist: 

CD 1

01. New Basie Blues (3:26)

02. New Basie Blues (45 tk) (3:33)

03. Sure Thing (3:03)

04. Why Not? (3:32)

05. Fawncy Meetin' You (3:03)

06. Jive At Five (3:10)

07. No Name (3:09)

08. No Name (78 tk) (3:11)

09. Redhead (2:51)

10. Every Tub (2:51)

11. Jack And Jill (alt tk) (2:56)

12. Jack And Jill (2:55)

13. Bread (2:53)

14. Small Hotel (3:33)

15. Hob Nail Boogie (2:35)

16. Basie Talks (3:40)

17. Paradise Squat -2 (4:06)

18. Paradise Squat -3 (3:39)

19. U.F.O. (3:05)

20. Like A Ship At Sea (3:38)

21. Bunny (3:09)

22. Tippin' On The Q.T. (alt tk) (3:12)

23. Tippin' On The Q.T. (3:03)

24. Blee Blop Blues (3:03)

CD 2

01. Cash Box (alt tk) (3:23)

02. Cash Box (3:24)

03. Bootsie (alt tk) (3:27)

04. Bootsie (3:23)

05. Tom Whaley (2:57)

06. Blues For The Count And Oscar (alt tk) (10:54)

07. Blues For The Count And Oscar (3:10)

08. Be My Guest (3:03)

09. You're Not The Kind (3:19)

10. Extended Blues (5:58)

11. Let Me Dream (2:43)

12. Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today) (3:13)

13. Goin' To Chicago (3:22)

14. I Want A Little Girl (2:54)

15. Oh, Lady Be Good (2:26)

16. Song Of The Islands (2:52)

CD 3

01. Basie Beat (3:22)

02. She's Funny That Way (4:12)

03. Count's Organ Blues (3:12)

04. K.C. Organ Blues (2:56)

05. Blue And Sentimental (3:04)

06. Stan Shorthair (2:57)

07. As Long As I Live (3:12)

08. Royal Garden Blues (3:05)

09. Plymouth Rock (3:44)

10. Blues Go Away! (3:23)

11. Peace Pipe (2:30)

12. Straight Life (4:33)

13. Bubbles (4:01)

14. Softly With Feeling (3:08)

15. Cherry Point (3:21)

16. Basie Goes Wess (3:55)

17. Right On (2:40)

18. The Blues Done Come Back (3:39)

CD 4

01. Slow But Sure (3:45)

02. You For Me (3:12)

03. She's Just My Size (4:32)

04. Soft Drink (3:08)

05. Two For The Blues (2:50)

06. Blues Backstage (4:36)

07. I Feel Like A New Man (2:56)

08. Down For The Count (6:03)

09. Stereophonic (2:25)

10. Sixteen Men Swinging (3:06)

11. Ska-di-dle-dee-bee-doo (3:37)

12. Perdido (4:55)

13. Mambo Mist (4:07)

14. Eventide (4:41)

15. Two Franks (3:17)

16. Ain't Misbehavin' (3:44)

17. Rails (5:57)

CD 5

01. Every Day I Have The Blues (5:27)

02. The Comeback (5:28)

03. Alright, O.K., You Win (3:06)

04. In The Evening (3:37)

05. April In Paris (3:49)

06. April In Paris (alt tk) (3:50)

07. Corner Pocket (alt tk) (5:00)

08. Corner Pocket (5:18)

09. Did'n You? (alt tk) (4:52)

10. Did'n You? (4:47)

11. Teach Me Tonight (3:04)

12. Please Send Me Someone To Love (3:33)

13. My Baby Upsets Me (2:58)

14. Ev'ry Day I Fall In Love (3:45)

15. Roll 'Em Pete (3:13)

16. Sweetie Cakes (4:02)

CD 6

01. Smack Dab In The Middle (3:38)

02. Shiny Stockings (5:17)

03. What Am I here For? (alt tk) (4:07)

04. What Am I Here For? (3:22)

05. Magic (alt tk1) (3:45)

06. Magic (alt tk2) (3:52)

07. Magic (3:09)

08. Midgets (3:15)

09. Midgets (alt tk) (3:13)

10. Amazing Love (3:31)

11. Only Forever (3:37)

12. Stop Pretty Baby, Stop (3:06)

13. Mambo Inn (3:25)

14. Big Red (3:49)

15. Dinner With Friends (3:08)

CD 7

01. Blues Inside Out (6:36)

02. Dolphin Dip (3:13)

03. Flute Juice (3:07)

04. Lady In Lace (4:35)

05. Stompin' And Jumpin' (2:48)

06. Trick Or Treat (4:13)

07. Move (3:26)

08. As I Love You (3:06)

09. Stop! Don't! (2:35)

10. Oink (4:36)

11. I'm Beginning To See The Light (mono tk) (3:09)

12. I'm Beginning To See The Light (stereo tk) (3:09)

13. Our Love Is Here To Stay (3:40)

14. A Fine Romance (2:32)

15. Nevertheless (3:57)

16. Singin' In The Rain (2:28)

17. There Will Never Be Another You (2:53)

18. My Baby Just Cares For Me (2:27)

19. 'S Wonderful (2:39)

20. This Can't Be Love (2:36)

21. Come Rain Or Come Shine (4:02)

22. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (2:41)

23. Thou Swell (2:23)

CD 8

01. April In Paris (4:44)

02. Too Close For Comfort (3:05)

03. Every Day I Have The Blues (5:12)

04. Party Blues (4:00)

05. Don't Worry 'Bout Me (3:04)

06. Low Life (5:13)

07. Slats (4:43)

08. Lollypop (alt tk) (3:01)

09. Lollypop (3:08)

10. Too Close For Comfort (2:54)

11. One O'Clock Jump (45 tk) (4:35)

12. One O'Clock Jump (LP tk) (4:29)

13. Basie's Back In Town (3:16)

14. From Coast To Coast (8:32)

15. Jamboree (1:58)

16. I Don't Like You No More (2:40)

17. One O'Clock Jump (2:05)

Alto Saxophone – Bill Graham (tracks: 5-1 to 5-7, 5-10 to 8-17)

Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Wilkins (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 3-9 to 4-21)

Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11 to 2-14, 3-9 to 5-7, 5-10 to 8-17)

Bass – Eddie Jones (tracks: 3-9 to 8-17), Gene Ramey (tracks: 2-11 to 3-8), Jimmy Lewis (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5, 2-9), Ray Brown (tracks: 2-6 to 2-8, 2-10)

Bass Trumpet – Johnny Mandel (tracks: 3-9, 3-10)

Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Marshal Royal* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11 to 2-14, 3-9 to 6-7, 6-10 to 8-3, 8-5 to 8-17)

Drums – Buddy Rich (tracks: 2-11 to 3-8), Gus Johnson (tracks: 1-1 to 2-10, 3-9 to 4-17), Sonny Payne (tracks: 5-1 to 8-17)

Guitar – Freddie Green

Organ – Count Basie (tracks: 1-17, 1-18, 2-6, 2-7, 2-10, 2-16 to 3-4, 4-14)

Percussion – Jose Mangual (tracks: 6-13), Ubaldo Nieto (tracks: 6-13)

Piano – Bill Hughes (2) (tracks: 4-11), Count Basie (tracks: 1-1 to 1-16, 1-19 to 2-5, 2-9, 2-11 to 2-15, 3-5 to 4-10, 4-12, 4-13, 4-14 to 8-17), Oscar Peterson (tracks: 2-6 to 2-8, 2-10), Ralph Burns (tracks: 8-1, 8-3)

Tenor Saxophone – Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tracks: 1-11 to 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13), Floyd Johnson (3) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 1-10), Frank Foster (tracks: 3-9 to 6-7, 6-10 to 8-3, 8-5 to 8-17), Paul Quinichette (tracks: 1-1 to 2-9, 2-11 to 3-8)

Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Flute – Frank Wess (tracks: 3-9 to 8-17)

Trombone – Benny Powell (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13, 3-1 to 6-7, 6-10 to 8-3, 8-5 to 8-17), Bill Hughes (2) (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10, 4-12 to 6-07, 6-10 to 8-3, 8-5 to 8-17), Henderson Chambers (tracks: 3-11 to 3-18), Henry Coker (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11 to 2-14, 3-9 to 6-7, 6-10 to 8-17), Jimmy Wilkins (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13)

Trumpet – Charlie Shavers (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Joe Newman (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13, 2-15, 3-1 to 8-17), Joe Wilder (tracks: 3-11 to 3-18), Paul Campbell (5) (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13, 3-9, 3-10), Reunald Jones (tracks: 1-11 to 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11 to 2-14, 3-9 to 6-7, 6-10 to 8-3, 8-5 to 8-17), Thad Jones (tracks: 4-1 to 6-7, 6-10 to 8-17), Wendell Culley (tracks: 1-1 to 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13, 3-9 to 6-7, 6-10 to 8-3, 8-5 to 8-17)

Vocals – Al Hibbler (tracks: 2-11 to 2-13), Bixie Crawford (tracks: 1-20), Ella Fitzgerald (tracks: 8-1 to 8-4), Joe Williams (tracks: 5-1 to 5-4, 5-11 to 5-15, 6-1, 6-10 to 6-12, 7-8, 7-9, 7-11 to 7-23, 8-2, 8-4, 8-5, 8-10, 8-16)