The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards

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Studio album by
Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
Released1956
RecordedApril 28 and May 1, 1956
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Vocal jazz, jazz
Length34:43
Label Verve
MGV 2016
Producer Norman Granz
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The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards is an album by vocalist Joe Williams and pianist/bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded in 1956 and released on the Verve label. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was Williams' second album with Basie following Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings .

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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. [5]

Track listing

  1. "Thou Swell" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:19
  2. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:48
  3. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:38
  4. "'S Wonderful" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:35
  5. "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:24
  6. "Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 3:54
  7. "Singin' in the Rain" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 2:25
  8. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges) – 3:04
  9. "A Fine Romance" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 2:28
  10. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:58
  11. "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" (Clarence Gaskill, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:38
  12. "This Can't Be Love" (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:32

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Discography of the Verve, Clef, Down Home and Norgran Labels, accessed November 20, 2015
  2. ↑ Kitora, R., Basie Discography, accessed November 20, 2015
  3. ↑ Verve Records Catalog: Popular 2000 series, accessed November 20, 2015
  4. ↑ Big Band Paradise, accessed November 20, 2015
  5. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed November 20, 2015
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