Sing a Song of Basie

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Sing a Song of Basie
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Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedAugust 26 – November 26, 1957
Genre Jazz
Length30:08
Label Am-Par Record Corporation [1]
Producer Creed Taylor
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross chronology
Sing a Song of Basie
(1958)
Sing Along with Basie
(1958)
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Sing a Song of Basie is a 1958 album by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. [2] [5]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 5:18
  2. "It's Sand, Man!" (Hendricks, Lambert, Ed Lewis) – 2:27
  3. "Two for the Blues" (Neal Hefti, Hendricks) – 2:42
  4. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham) – 3:00
  5. "Little Pony" (Hefti, Hendricks) – 2:28
  6. "Down for Double" (Freddie Green, Hendricks, Lambert) – 2:11
  7. "Fiesta in Blue" (Benny Goodman, Hendricks, Lambert, Jimmy Mundy) – 3:14
  8. "Down for the Count" (Frank Foster, Melissa Ritter) – 2:58
  9. "Blues Backstage" (Foster) – 2:58
  10. "Avenue C" (Buck Clayton, Hendricks, Lambert) – 2:52

Personnel

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References

  1. Watt, Douglas (1958). Record Review, (New York) Daily News - Newspapers.com . Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  2. 1 2 Sing a Song of Basie at AllMusic
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p.  123. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 861. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Yanow, Scott (2005). Jazz: A Regional Exploration - Scott Yanow - Google Books. ISBN   9780313328718 . Retrieved 2020-05-15.