Basie Jam

This article is about the 1973 studio album. For the 1975 live album, see Count Basie Jam Session at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975.

Basie Jam
Studio album by Count Basie
Released	1974
Recorded	1973
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:24
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Have a Nice Day (1971) Basie Jam (1974) The Bosses (1973)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Basie Jam is a 1973 studio album by Count Basie. This was Basie's first album with Norman Granz' newly founded Pablo Records. ^[4]

Track listing

All music composed by Count Basie

1. "Doubling Blues" – 6:58
2. "Hanging Out" – 9:35
3. "Red Bank Blues" – 9:03
4. "One-Nighter" – 11:45
5. "Freeport Blues" – 11:44

Personnel

• Count Basie - organ, piano
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
• Zoot Sims
• J.J. Johnson - trombone
• Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpet
• Irving Ashby - guitar
• Ray Brown - double bass
• Louie Bellson - drums

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 20. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 93. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
4. Basie Jam at AllMusic