The Golden Years
Count Basie
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CAT # 4PACD-4419-2
DISC ONE 1. Basie Power 3:44 2. The Meetin' 6:41 3. Blues In Hoss' Flat 5:14 4. Why Not 3:34 5. Good Time Blues 3:25 6. Festival Blues 11:54 7. Splanky 3:56 8. The More I See You 4:18 9. I Needs To Be Bee'd With 4:54 10. Bookie Blues 14:31 11. All Of Me 3:05 12. Shiny Stockings 4:55 13. Basie 4:29 14. There Will Never Be Another You 3:07 DISC TWO 1. Doubling Blues 6:57 2. Baby Lawrence 3:04 3. Burning 4:08 4. Captain Bligh 6:36 5. Honeysuckle Rose 5:32 6. Blues For Eric 6:26 7. I Surrender, Dear 5:25 8. One O'Clock Jump 3:13 9. Memories Of You 3:04 10. You Got It 5:21 11. Ode To Pres 4:06 12. Honi Coles 6:45 13. Opus Six 6:29 14. Blues In "C" 7:58 DISC THREE 1. The Heat's On 2:48 2. Orange Sherbert 3:35 3. Ticker 4:37 4. Swee' Pea 4:36 5. Prime Time 7:33 6. Corner Pocket 4:59 7. Every Tub 2:28 8. How Sweet It Is 7:58 9. C.B. Express 6:05 10. Beaver Junction 4:43 11. Way Out Basie 4:19 12. Moten Swing 3:55 13. Me And You 4:17 14. Time Stream 4:07 15. Katy 2:31 16. The Blues Machine 7:23 DISC FOUR 1. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 6:09 2. My Kind Of Trouble Is You 5:13 3. Don't Worry 'Bout Me 4:39 4. Lena And Lenny 3:53 5. The Honeydripper 8:15 6. Blues Around The Clock 4:58 7. Flip, Flop And Fly 4:28 8. My Jug And I 3:27 9. Cherry Red 4:32 10. Wee Baby Blues 5:17 11. Blues For Joe Turner 4:55 12. Every Day I Have The Blues 5:32 13. Stormy Monday 4:34 14. I Hate You Baby 4:38 15. Lonesome Blues 1:47 16. T.V. Mama 13:57 17. Corrine, Corrina 3:28
(4-CD BOXED SET)
This lovingly assembled set presents a rich and musically inspiring overview of Basie's Pablo recordings. The live material on Disc 1 includes big band sessions captured in Santa Monica ('72) and Japan ('78) as well as all-star ensembles at the Montreux Jazz Festival ('75 and '77). Disc 2 focuses on small groups, with luminaries like Oscar Peterson, Zoot Sims, and Benny Carter, while Disc 3 is all big band, featuring some of the great Basie soloists: Al Grey, Jimmy Forrest, Freddie Green, Eric Dixon. The set concludes with a sampling of his work with vocalists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Joe Turner.
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