1 Count Basie Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well 3:04
2 Count Basie Dupree Blues 3:04
3 Count Basie When The Sun Goes Down 2:55
4 Count Basie Red Wagon 2:54
5 Count Basie And His Orchestra You Can Depend On Me 3:07
6 Count Basie And His Orchestra Cherokee - Part I 3:03
7 Count Basie And His Orchestra Cherokee - Part II 2:58
8 Count Basie And His Orchestra Blame It On My Last Affair 2:42
9 Count Basie And His Orchestra Jive At Five 2:46
10 Count Basie And His Orchestra Thursday 3:10
11 Count Basie And His Orchestra Evil Blues 3:12
12 Count Basie And His Orchestra Oh! Lady, Be Good 3:07
13 Basie's Bad Boys I Ain't Got Nobody 2:53
14 Basie's Bad Boys Going To Chicago 3:04
15 Basie's Bad Boys Live And Love Tonight 3:03
16 Basie's Bad Boys Love Me Or Leave Me 2:29
17 Count Basie And His Orchestra What Goes Up Must Come Down 2:44
18 Count Basie And His Orchestra Rock-A-Bye Basie 3:00
19 Count Basie And His Orchestra Baby, Don't Tell On Me 2:50
20 Count Basie And His Orchestra If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight 2:57
21 Count Basie And His Orchestra Taxi War Dance 2:47
22 Count Basie And His Orchestra Don't Worry About Me 2:45
23 Count Basie And His Orchestra Jump For Me 3:08
Vocals – Helen Humes (tracks: 8, 10, 20, 22), Jimmy Rushing (tracks: 5, 11, 14, 17, 19)
Recorded: Jan 26, 1939-Mar 20, 1939
This CD has Count Basie's last three sessions for Decca and his first recordings for the Columbia/Vocalion labels. One of his tenor stars, Herschel Evans, had just passed away and is replaced by Chu Berry on one date before Buddy Tate became his permanent replacement. Otherwise, the band's very strong personnel remained the same. The first four numbers are showcases for the Basie four-piece rhythm section, "You Can Depend on Me" is by a sextet with Lester Young and trumpeter Shad Collins, and there are also four titles by "Basie's Bad Boys," an octet from the band with Basie doubling on organ. Among the other highlights are "Red Wagon," the two-part "Cherokee," the original version of "Jive at Five," "Rock-A-Bye Basie," "Taxi War Dance," and Helen Humes' warm vocal on "Don't Worry 'Bout Me."
---Scott Yanow, allmusic |
