Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Count Basie
by Count Basie
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 7 November 2000
- Label: Verve
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:10:36
- Community rating: 4.03/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Count Basie volume of the Ken Burns Jazz companion series samples the Kansas City bandleader's orchestra across its Decca, Columbia and Verve years. Issued by Verve, the disc centres on the rhythm section economy that defined swing.
Genres
Descriptors: ensemble, piano, rhythmic, classic, melodic
Tracklist
- Toby (3:27)
- One O'Clock Jump (3:01)
- John's Idea (2:55)
- Topsy (3:12)
- Jumpin' At The Woodside (3:08)
- Swingin' The Blues (2:45)
- Blue And Sentimental (3:11)
- Doggin' Around (3:03)
- Dark Rupture (2:39)
- Cherokee (Parts 1 And 2) (6:16)
- Goin' To Chicago (3:21)
- Jive At Five (2:50)
- 9:20 Special (3:11)
- Softly, With Feeling (3:05)
- Corner Pocket (5:15)
- April In Paris (3:48)
- Every Day I Have The Blues (5:27)
- Shiny Stockings (5:14)
- Li'l Darlin' (4:48)
Credits
- Count Basie - primary artist, piano, composed by
- Ben Young - compilation producer
- Richard Seidel - compilation producer
- Brian Priestley - liner notes
- Peter Keepnews - liner notes [edited by]
- Kevin Reeves - mastered by
- Eddie Barefield - composed by
- Eddie Durham - composed by
- Jerry Livingston - composed by
- Mack David - composed by
- Edgar Battle - composed by
- Herschel Evans - composed by
- Benny Goodman - composed by
- Edgar Sampson - composed by
- Manny Kurtz - composed by
- Ray Noble - composed by
- Jimmy Rushing - composed by
- Harry Edison - composed by
- Earle Warren - composed by
- Neal Hefti - composed by
- Freddie Green - composed by
- E.Y. Harburg - composed by
- Vernon Duke - composed by
- Peter Chatman - composed by
- Frank Foster - composed by