Basie's Beat

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Basie's Beat
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Studio album by
Released1967
RecordedOct 7, 8 & 9, 1965 and February 15, 1967
Studio A & R (New York City)
Genre Jazz, swing, big band
Length36:24
Label Verve
Producer Teddy Reig
Count Basie Orchestra chronology
Hollywood...Basie's Way
(1967)
Basie's Beat
(1967)
Basie's in the Bag
(1967)

Basie's Beat is a 1967 album by Count Basie and his orchestra. [1]

Contents

The trombonist Richard Boone sings on two of the tracks, "Boone's Blues" and "I Got Rhythm".

Track listing

  1. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:43
  2. "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams) – 4:56
  3. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 5:26
  4. "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:37
  5. "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 3:43
  6. "Boone's Blues" (Richard Boone) – 2:50
  7. "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) – 3:06
  8. "Hey Jim" – 4:10
  9. "Happy House" – 4:23
  10. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 5:09

Personnel

Production

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