Me and You (Count Basie album)

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Me and You
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Studio album by
Count Basie
Released1983
Recorded1983
Genre Jazz
Length41:33
Label Pablo
Producer Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
88 Basie Street
(1981)		Me and You
(1983)		 Mostly Blues...and Some Others
(1983)
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Me and You is a 1983 studio album by Count Basie and his Orchestra. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Mr. Softie" (Nat Pierce) – 5:39
  2. "Moten Swing" (Benny Moten) – 5:29
  3. "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) – 4:20
  4. "Right on, Right On" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:45
  5. "Me and You" (Wilkins) – 4:15
  6. "Crip" (Count Basie) – 7:16
  7. "Bridge Work" (Basie) – 4:55
  8. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:54

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 94. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 20. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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