My Favorite Records of Count Basie

1. The Basie Boogie (1949)
featuring Count Basie
2. Sent for You Yesterday (1945)
featuring Jimmy Rushing : Harry Edison-trumpet soloist.
3. Gotta be This or That (1945)
featuring The Delta Rhythm Boys.
4. An Old Manuscript (1945)
Harry Edison-trumpet soloist : Buddy Tate-tenor saxophone soloist.
5. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' (1945)
featuring The Delta Rhythm Boys.
6. Andy's Blues (1946)
featuring Count Basie and Paul Gonsalves with Snooky Young.
7. I Ain't Mad at You (1945)
(HIGH TIDE)
vocal soloist Taps Miller: instrumental soloist are Dicky Wells, Buck Clayton, Lucky Thompson and Rudy Rutherford.
8. My Silent Love (1945)
featuring Lena Horne.
9. Lady be Good (1947)
instrumental soloists are Roy Eldridge, Count Basie and Illinois Jackquet
10. Theme : One O'Clock Jump / Move (1951)
instrumental soloists are Marshall Royal, Clark Terry and Wardell Gray. Introduced by Count Basie.
11. Golden Bullet / Theme : One O'Clock Jump (1951)
instrumental soloists are Count Basie, Marshall Royal, Clark Terry and Wardell Gray

HE BASIE BOOGIE features Count Basie - piano - with Harry Sosnick and his orchestra.
GOTTA BE THIS OR THAT / JUST A-SITTIN' AND A-ROCKIN' / MY SILENT LOVE were transcribed in Los Angeles by Preston Love and George Dorsey - alto saxophones ; Buddy Tate and Illinois Jacquet - tenor saxophones ; Rudy Rutherford - baritone saxophone/
clarinet ; Emmett Berry, Harry Edison and Eugene "Snooky" Young - trumpets ; Ted Donelly, J.J.Johnson, Eli Robinson and Dicky Wells - trombones ; Count Basie - piano ; Freddie Green - guitar ; Rodney Richardson - double bass.
SENT FOR YOU YESTERDAY and I AIN’T MAD AT YOU were recorded on May 14, 1945 in Radio City, New York.
AN OLD MANUSCRIPT was transcribed in Liederkranz Hall, New York City, slightly later than the May 14 titles,but all by asimilar personnel to: - Jimmy Powell and Earle Warren - alto saxophones ; Buddy Tate and Eli "Lucky" Thompson - tenor saxophones : Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Karl George, Ed Lewis and Eugene "Snooky" Young - trumpets ; Ted Donnelly, J.J.Johnson, Eli Robinson and Dicky Wells - trombones ; Rudy Rutherford - baritone saxophone / clarinet ; Count Basie - piano ; Freddie Green - guitar; Rodney Richardson - double bass ; Shadow Wilson - druma. Vocalists as indicated.

LADY BE GOOD was recorded at a WNEW broadcast on April 5, 1947, and featured Roy Eldridge - trumpet ; Jean "Illinois" Jacquet - tenor saxophone ; Count Basie - piano, with Bernard "Buddy" Rich - drums.

ANDY'S BLUES was transcribed at the Avadon Ballroom, Los Angeles, California, by a similar personnel to the GOTTA BE THIS OR THAT personnel excepting that Paul Gonsalves replaces Illinois Jacquet.

THEMES/MOVE/GOLDEN BULLET were transcribed in New York City,Spring, 1951, by Count Basie - piano ; Wardell Gray - tenor saxophone ; Marshall Royal - clarinet ; Clark Terry - trumpet ; Freddie Green - guitar ; Jimmy Lewis - double bass ; Gus Johnson - drums.

　１９４５年～５１年迄のエア・チェックの中から編集されたものです。通常四人のトランペット・セクションに五人を配したブラスは強烈です。このアルバムのハイライトである｢ANDY'S BLUES」では、フレディ・グリーン(g)の蒸気機関車の驀進が頭をよぎる力強いプレイに熱くなります。更にポール・ゴンザルヴェスも随分と熱の入ったブローを展開、ベイシーの溌剌としたピアノもたっぷりと聴けます。ベイシー・サウンドの魅力がぎっしりと詰まったトラック、生で聴くことが出来れば気絶しそうな物凄い音です。
　「LADY BE GODD」のドラムスはバディー・リッチとくれば、リズム・セクションに一層拍車を掛けます。ベイシーも乗りまくってます。「GOLDEN BULLET」でも、WARDELL GRAY(ts)にCLARK TERRYのトランペットがハードなプレイで釘付けにします。この頃のスタジオ録音は余り魅力を感じませんが、ライヴの熱気がビンビンと伝わるこのアルバム、凄い一枚です。