Basie Land

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Basie Land
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Released1964
RecordedFebruary 5, 6, 1964
Genre Jazz
Label Verve
Count Basie chronology
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Basie Land is a 1964 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra, of music composed and arranged by Billy Byers. [3]

Contents

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

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Radio broadcaster Arch McKirdy with a copy
The Count Basie Orchestra

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References

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