Count Basie – The Big Band Leader (10 CD, 2000/FLAC)


 Count Basie was a bandleader and pianist who was at the forefront of American big band music in the mid-twentieth century.

This compilation  represent the Basie band's golden era from 1939 through 1950

 


The Apple Jump

1-1 Miss Thing
1-2 If I Didn't Care
1-3 Twelfth Street Rag
1-4 And The Angels Sing
1-5 Lonesome Miss Pretty
1-6 Bolero At The Savoy
1-7 Pound Cake
1-8 You Can Count On Me
1-9 You And Your Love
1-10 How Long Blues
1-11 Sub-Deb Blues
1-12 Moonlight Serenade
1-13 Song Of The Islands
1-14 I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
1-15 Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
1-16 The Apple Jump
1-17 I Left My Baby

Riff Interlude

2-1 Riff Interlude
2-2 Volcano
2-3 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
2-4 Ham 'n' Eggs
2-5 Hollywood Jump
2-6 Someday, Sweetheart
2-7 I Never Knew
2-8 Tickle - Toe
2-9 Let's Make Hey! While The Sun Shines
2-10 Louisiana
2-11 Easy Does It
2-12 Let Me See
2-13 Blues (I Still Think Of Her)
2-14 Somebody Stole My Gal
2-15 Blow Top
2-16 Gone With "What" Wind
2-17 You Can't Run Around
2-18 Super Chief

Rockin' The Blues
3-1 The World Is Mad - Part I
3-2 The World Is Mad - Part II
3-3 Evenin'
3-4 Moten Swing
3-5 It's Torture
3-6 I Want A Little Girl
3-7 All Or Nothing At All
3-8 The Moon Fell In The River
3-9 What's Your Number
3-10 Draftin' Blues
3-11 Five O'Clock Whistle
3-12 Love Jumped Out
3-13 My Wanderin' Man
3-14 Broadway
3-15 It's The Same Old South
3-16 Stampede In G Minor
3-17 Who Am I?
3-18 Rockin' The Blues

Music Makers
4-1 Wiggle Woogie
4-2 I'll Forget
4-3 It's Square But It Rocks
4-4 You Lied To Me
4-5 Beau Brummel
4-6 Music Makers
4-7 Jump The Blues Away
4-8 Deep In The Blues
4-9 The Jitters'
4-10 Tuesday At Ten
4-11 Undecided Blues
4-12 I Do Mean You
4-13 9.20 Special
4-14 H And J
4-15 Feedin' The Bean
4-16 Going To Chicago Blues
4-17 You Betcha My Life
4-18 Down, Down, Down

Basie Boogie
5-1 Tune Town Shuffle
5-2 I'm Tired Of Waiting For You
5-3 One-Two-Three-O'Lairy
5-4 Basie Boogie
5-5 Fancy Meeting You
5-6 Diggin' For Dex
5-7 My Old Flame
5-8 Fiesta In Blue
5-9 Tom Thumb
5-10 Take Me Back, Baby
5-11 King Joe - Part I
5-12 King Joe - Part II
5-13 Moon Nocturne
5-14 Something New
5-15 I Struck A Match In The Dark
5-16 Platterbrains
5-17 All Of Me
5-18 Feather Merchant

Ride On

6-1 Down For Double
6-2 More Than You Know
6-3 Harvard Blues
6-4 Coming-Out Party
6-5 One O'Clock Jump
6-6 Blue Shadows And White Gardenias
6-7 'Ay Now
6-8 Basie Blues
6-9 I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
6-10 Rusty Dusty Blues
6-11 Ride On
6-12 Lost The Blackout Blues
6-13 Time On My Hands
6-14 It's Sand, Man!
6-15 Ain't The Truth
6-16 For The Good Of Your Country
6-17 I Didn't Know About You
6-18 Taps Miller

The King
7-1 Red Bank Boogie
7-2 Jimmy's Blues
7-3 Avenue C
7-4 This Heart Of Mine
7-5 That Old Feeling
7-6 Blue Skies
7-7 Jivin' Joe Jackson
7-8 High Tide
7-9 Queer Street
7-10 Patience And Fortitude
7-11 The Mad Boogie
7-12 Lazy Lady Blues
7-13 Rambo
7-14 Stay Cool
7-15 The King
7-16 Brand New Wagon
7-17 Me And The Blues
7-18 Bill's Mill

Swíngin' The Blues
8-1 One O'Clock Boogie
8-2 Meet Me At No Special Place
8-3 I'm Drowning In Your Deep Blue Eyes
8-4 Futile Frustration
8-5 Swingin' The Blues
8-6 St. Louis Boogie
8-7 Basie's Basement
8-8 Backstage At Stuff's
8-9 My Buddy
8-10 Shine On, Harvest Moon
8-11 Lopin'
8-12 I Never Knew
8-13 Sugar
8-14 The Jungle King
8-15 Take A Little Off The Top
8-16 I Ain't Mad At You
8-17 South
8-18 House Rent Boogie

Cheek To Cheek

9-1 Seventh Avenue Express
9-2 Don't You Want A Man Like Me
9-3 Blue And Sentimental
9-4 Mr. Robert's Roost
9-5 Sophisticated Swing
9-6 Guest In The Nest
9-7 Your Red Wagon
9-8 Money Is Honey
9-9 Just A Minute
9-10 Baby Don't Be Mad Of Me
9-11 I've Only Myself To Blame
9-12 Robbin's Nest
9-13 Hey, Pretty Baby
9-14 It's Monday Everyday
9-15 Bye Bye Baby
9-16 Ready, Set, Go!
9-17 Brand New Dolly
9-18 Cheek To Cheek

Shoutin' Blues

10-1 Just An Old Manuscript
10-2 Katy
10-3 She's A Wine-O
10-4 Did You Ever See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball'
10-5 Shoutin' Blues
10-6 After You've Gone
10-7 St. Louis Baby
10-8 Wonderful Thing
10-9 The Slider
10-10 Mine, Too
10-11 Walking Slow Behind You
10-12 Normania (Blee Blop Blues)
10-13 Rocky Mountain Blues
10-14 Rat Race
10-15 Solid As A Rock
10-16 Sweets
10-17 Nails
10-18 Beaver Junction