Basie Land

Basie Land
Studio album by Count Basie
Released	1964
Recorded	February 5–6, 1964
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve
Count Basie chronology
Ella and Basie! (1963) Basie Land (1964) It Might as Well Be Swing (1964)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Record Mirror	[2]

Basie Land is a 1964 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra, of music composed and arranged by Billy Byers. ^[1]

Track listing

1. "Basie Land" – 2:16
2. "Big Brother" – 3:43
3. "Count Me In" – 4:32
4. "Wanderlust" – 2:38
5. "Instant Blues" – 4:54
6. "Rabble Rouser" – 3:08
7. "Sassy" – 3:21
8. "Gymnastics" – 2:29
9. "Yuriko" – 4:13
10. "Doodle-Oodle" – 3:16

All music composed by Billy Byers.

Personnel

Radio broadcaster Arch McKirdy with a copy

The Count Basie Orchestra

• Count Basie - piano
• Al Aarons - trumpet
• Sonny Cohn
• Don Rader
• Snooky Young
• Henry Coker - trombone
• Urbie Green
• Grover Mitchell
• Benny Powell
• Marshal Royal - clarinet, alto saxophone
• Frank Foster - flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Frank Wess
• Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Buddy Catlett - double bass
• Sonny Payne - drums
• Billy Byers - arranger, conductor

References

1. Basie Land at AllMusic
2. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (February 27, 1965). "Count Basie: Basie Land" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 207. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.