Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings

Tracklist: 

CD 1

01. Honeysuckle Rose (3:00)

02. Pennies from Heaven (3:02)

03. Swinging at the Daisy Chain (2:51)

04. Roseland Shuffle (2:34)

05. Exactly Like You (2:43)

06. Boo Hoo (2:28)

07. The Glory of Love (2:31)

08. Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) (2:51)

09. Smarty (You Know It All) (2:43)

10. One O'Clock Jump (3:03)

11. Listen My Children and You Shall Hear (3:08)

12. John's Idea (2:55)

13. Good Morning Blues (1st take) (3:14)

14. Good Morning Blues (2nd take) (3:06)

15. Our Love Was Meant to Be (2:47)

16. Time Out (3:04)

17. Topsy (3:14)

18. I Keep Remembering (2:48)

19. Out the Window (2:49)

20. Don't You Miss Your Baby (3:11)

21. Let Me Dream (3:09)

CD 2

01. Georgianna (2:35)

02. Blues in the Dark (3:07)

03. Sent for You Yesterday (2:59)

04. Every Tub (3:16)

05. Now Will You Be Good? (2:48)

06. Swingin' the Blues (2:48)

07. Mama Don't Want No Peas 'n' Rice 'n' Coconut Oil (2:53)

08. Blue and Sentimental (3:13)

09. Doggin' Around (3:04)

10. Stop Beatin' Round the Mulberry Bush (1st take) (3:03)

11. Stop Beatin' Round the Mulberry Bush (2nd take) (3:06)

12. London Bridge Is Falling Down (2:57)

13. Texas Shuffle (3:09)

14. Jumpin' at the Woodside (3:10)

15. How Long Blues (2:58)

16. The Dirty Dozens (3:03)

17. Hey Lawdy Mama (2:47)

18. The Fives (2:47)

19. Boogie Woogie (3:03)

20. Dark Rapture (2:41)

21. Shorty George (2:47)

22. The Blues I Like to Hear (3:10)

23. Do You Wanna Jump, Children? (2:41)

24. Panassie Stomp (2:47)

CD 3

01. My Heart Belongs to Daddy (2:56)

02. Sing for Your Supper (2:44)

03. Oh! Red (2:55)

04. Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well (1st take) (3:07)

05. Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well (2nd take) (3:04)

06. Dupree Blues (3:06)

07. When the Sun Goes Down (1st take) (2:48)

08. When the Sun Goes Down (2nd take) (2:56)

09. Red Wagon (2:55)

10. You Can Depend on Me (3:10)

11. Cherokee (Part 1) (3:12)

12. Cherokee (Part 2) (3:06)

13. Blame It on My Last Affair (1st take) (2:46)

14. Blame It on My Last Affair (2nd take) (2:44)

15. Jive at Five (2:51)

16. Thursday (3:06)

17. Evil Blues (3:15)

18. Oh, Lady Be Good (3:11)

Alto Saxophone – Caughey Roberts (tracks: 1-4 to 1-8), Earle Warren (tracks: 1-9 to 2-14, 2-20 to 3-2, 3-11 to 3-14, 3-16 to 3-18)

Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jack Washington (tracks: 1-1 to 2-14, 2-20 to 3-2, 3-11 to 3-18)

Bass – Walter Page

Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Herschel Evans (tracks: 1-1 to 2-14, 2-20 to 3-2), Lester Young (tracks: 1-1 to 2-14, 2-20 to 3-2, 3-10 to 3-18)

Drums – Jo Jones

Guitar – Claude Williams (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Freddie Green (tracks: 1-5 to 3-18)

Piano – Count Basie

Tenor Saxophone – Chu Berry (tracks: 3-11 to 3-14, 3-16 to 3-18)

Trombone – Benny Morton (tracks: 1-18 to 2-14, 2-20 to 3-2, 3-11 to 3-14, 3-16 to 3-18), Dan Minor (tracks: 1-1 to 2-14, 2-20 to 3-2, 3-11 to 3-14, 3-16 to 3-18), Dickie Wells (tracks: 2-10 to 2-14, 2-20 to 3-2, 3-11 to 3-18), George Hunt (tracks: 1-1 to 1-17)

Trombone, Guitar – Eddie Durham (tracks: 1-13 to 2-9)

Trumpet – Bobby Moore (3) (tracks: 1-5 to 1-21), Buck Clayton (tracks: 1-1 to 2-14, 2-20 to 3-2, 3-11), Carl Smith (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Ed Lewis (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Harry Edison (tracks: 2-3 to 2-14, 2-20 to 3-2, 3-11 to 3-18), Joe Keyes (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Karl George (tracks: 2-1, 2-2), Shad Collins (tracks: 3-1, 3-2, 3-10 to 3-18)

Vocals – Earle Warren (tracks: 1-15, 1-21), Helen Humes (tracks: 2-20, 3-1, 3-2, 3-13, 3-14, 3-16), Jimmy Rushing (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-6, 1-8, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-18, 1-20, 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5, 2-7, 2-10 to 2-12, 2-22, 2-23, 3-10, 3-17)