The Complete Decca Recordings

by Count Basie

The Complete Decca Recordings cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 1992
  • Label: GRP
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 3:05:57
  • Community rating: 4.55/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Eddie Durham, Carl Smith, Freddie Green, Dorothy Sachs, Austen Croom-Johnson, Henry Nemo, Jimmy Van Heusen, Harry Jentes, Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, Earl Hines, Ed Lewis, Jimmy McHugh, Bobby Moore, Caughey Roberts, Michael Landy, Dan Minor, Wolfe Gilbert, Charles Carpenter, Harry Pease, John Jacob Loeb, Jack Washington, Buck Clayton, Louis Haber, Karl George, Richard M. Jones, Willie Bryant, Clay Boland, Carmen Lombardo, George White, Charles Lofthouse, Earle Warren, Dickie Wells, Rufus Perryman, Ira Schuster, J. Mayo Williams, Red McKenzie, Frankie Carle, Joseph Doughney, Ralph Freed, Billy Hill, Arthur Johnston, Lester Young, Mack David, Adam Zelinka, George W. Thomas, Cole Porter, Edgar Sampson, Arthur Terker, Irvin Graham, Ray Noble, Isham Jones, Benny Goodman, Herschel Evans, Joe McCoy, George Hunt, Manny Kurtz, Fats Waller, Louis Dunlap, Jimmy Rushing, Andy Ruggirello, Joe Davis, Scott Johnson, Hersal Thomas, Woody Herman, transferred by, John Akers, Charles Newman, Walter Page, Orrin Keepnews, Harry Edison, Bickley Reichner, Abel Baer, Johnny Burke, Jo Jones, George, Claude Williams, Henry Jerome, Burton Lane, Leon "Chu" Berry, Andy Razaf, David Gibb, Victor Selsman, Edward Heyman, Dan Serrano, Benny Morton, Leroy Carr, Joe Keyes, Shad Collins, Helen Humes, Sonny Mediana, Long "Cleve" Reed, Tot Seymour, Irving Mills, Dave Grusin, Alexander Hill, Larry Rosen, Rodgers & Hart, Jerry Livingston

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A three-disc compilation, 'The Complete Decca Recordings' collects all 63 recordings Count Basie's orchestra made for Decca between 1937 and 1939, including 'One O'Clock Jump' and 'Jive at Five'. The band's rhythm section of Basie, Freddie Green, Walter Page and Jo Jones backs soloists including Lester Young, Buck Clayton and Harry 'Sweets' Edison, with vocals by Jimmy Rushing and Helen Humes. The Penguin Guide to Jazz placed the set in its Core Collection and awarded it a Crown.

Genres

Descriptors: soulful, classic, dance, rhythmic, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Honeysuckle Rose (3:00)
  2. Pennies From Heaven (3:02)
  3. Swinging At The Daisy Chain (2:50)
  4. Roseland Shuffle (2:34)
  5. Exactly Like You (2:43)
  6. Boo Hoo (2:27)
  7. The Glory Of Love (2:31)
  8. Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) (2:50)
  9. Smarty (You Know It All) (2:42)
  10. One O'Clock Jump (3:02)
  11. Listen My Children (And You Shall Hear) (3:07)
  12. John's Idea (2:55)
  13. Good Morning Blues (3:14)
  14. Good Morning Blues - 2nd Take (3:05)
  15. Our Love Was Meant To Be (2:47)
  16. Time Out (3:03)
  17. Topsy (3:14)
  18. I Keep Remembering (Someone I Should Forget) (2:47)
  19. Out The Window (2:49)
  20. Don't You Miss Your Baby? (3:10)
  21. Let Me Dream (3:09)
  22. Georgianna (2:35)
  23. Blues In The Dark (3:06)
  24. Sent For You Yesterday (2:58)
  25. Every Tub (3:15)
  26. Now Will You Be Good? (2:48)
  27. Swingin' The Blues (2:47)
  28. Mama Don't Want No Peas 'N' Rice 'N' Coconut Oil (2:53)
  29. Blue And Sentimental (3:12)
  30. Doggin' Around (3:04)
  31. Stop Beatin' 'Round The Mulberry Bush - 1st Take (3:03)
  32. Stop Beatin' Round The Mulberry Bush - 2nd take (3:06)
  33. London Bridge Is Falling Down (2:57)
  34. Texas Shuffle (3:09)
  35. Jumpin' At The Woodside (3:10)
  36. How Long Blues (2:57)
  37. The Dirty Dozens (3:03)
  38. Hey Lawdy Mama (2:46)
  39. The Fives (2:47)
  40. Boogie Woogie (3:03)
  41. Dark Rapture (2:40)
  42. Shorty George (2:46)
  43. The Blues I Like To Hear (3:09)
  44. Do You Wanna Jump, Children (2:41)
  45. Panassie Stomp (2:47)
  46. My Heart Belongs To Daddy (2:56)
  47. Sing For Your Supper (2:44)
  48. Oh! Red (2:55)
  49. Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well - 1st Take (3:06)
  50. Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well (3:04)
  51. Dupree Blues (3:05)
  52. When The Sun Goes Down - 1st Take (2:47)
  53. When The Sun Goes Down (2:56)
  54. Red Wagon (2:54)
  55. You Can Depend On Me (3:09)
  56. Cherokee - Pt. 1 (3:12)
  57. Cherokee - Pt. 2 (3:05)
  58. Blame It On My Last Affair - 1st Take (2:45)
  59. Blame It On My Last Affair (2:44)
  60. Jive At Five (2:51)
  61. Thursday (3:05)
  62. Evil Blues (3:15)
  63. Oh, Lady Be Good (3:10)

Credits

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