Basic Basie

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Basic Basie
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Studio album by
Count Basie and His Orchestra
Released1969
RecordedOctober 20, 1969
Studio Universal (Chicago)
Genre Jazz
Length33:08
Label MPS
MPS 15 264
Producer Sonny Lester
Count Basie chronology
Standing Ovation
(1969)		Basic Basie
(1969)		 Basie on the Beatles
(1969)
Evergreens Cover
Evergreens (Count Basie album).jpg

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]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars. [4]

Track listing

  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

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References

  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. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed November 14, 2015
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