1 Dance Of The Gremlins 4:04
2 G.I. Stomp
Arranged By – Buck Clayton
2:15
3 Yeah Man
Arranged By – Horace Henderson
2:43
4 Rhythm Man
Arranged By – Jimmy Mundy
2:38
5 Kansas City Stride
Arranged By – Dicky Wells
4:15
6 Beaver Junction
Arranged By – Buster Harding
3:38
7 Circus In Rhythm
Arranged By – Buster Harding
3:41
8 Aunt Hagar's Country Home
Vocals – Earle Warren
3:19
9 Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You?
Arranged By – Don Redman
Vocals – Jimmy Rushing
4:05
10 Basie Strides Again (Along Avenue C)
Arranged By – Buck Clayton
3:00
11 Harvard Blues
Arranged By – Tab Smith
Vocals – Jimmy Rushing
4:30
12 Taps Miller
Arranged By – Buck Clayton
3:21
13 Jimmy's Blues
Vocals – Jimmy Rushing
2:55
14 I Didn't Know About You
Vocals – Thelma Carpenter
3:17
15 Red Bank Boogie
Arranged By – Buck Clayton
2:35
16 Taps Miller
Arranged By – Buck Clayton
5:08
17 Jimmy's Blues
Vocals – Jimmy Rushing
3:23
18 Take Me Back, Baby
Vocals – Jimmy Rushing
3:08
19 Playhouse Nº2 Stomp (Variations On "I Got Rhythm")
Arranged By – Count Basie
4:56
20 Old Manuscript
Arranged By – Don Redman
3:25
21 On The Upbeat
Arranged By – Don Redman
3:52
Alto Saxophone – Earle Warren, Jimmy Powell (tracks: 5 to 21)
Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Caughey Roberts (tracks: 1 to 4), Ronald "Jack" Washington (tracks: 1 to 4)
Bass – Rodney Richardson (tracks: 5 to 21), Walter Page (tracks: 1 to 4)
Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone – Elman "Rudy" Rutherford (tracks: 5 to 21)
Drums – Jo Jones (tracks: 1 to 10), Joe Marshall (tracks: 16 to 21), Rossiere "Shadow" Wilson (tracks: 11 to 15)
Guitar – Freddy Green
Piano, Directed By – Count Basie
Tenor Saxophone – George "Buddy" Tate, Don Byas (tracks: 1 to 4), Lester Young (tracks: 5 to 10), Eli "Lucky" Thompson (tracks: 11 to 21)
Trombone – William "Dicky" Wells, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor, Robert "Buster" Scott (tracks: 1 to 4), Ted Donnelly (tracks: 5 to 21)
Trumpet – Al Killian (tracks: 5 to 21), Al Stearns (tracks: 12 to 15), Buck Clayton (tracks: 1 to 4), Ed Lewis (tracks: 1 to 11, 16 to 21), Harry Edison, Joe Newman (tracks: 5 to 21), Eugene "Snooky" Young (tracks: 1 to 4)
Recorded: Jul 1943-Jan 11, 1945
This interesting CD mostly reissues the V-Discs of Count Basie's Orchestra, performed during a time when the musicians' union strike kept the Basie band off records. Lester Young is heard back with Basie on five numbers from May 27, 1944. Otherwise, the band was much more stable than most swing bands of the war years, making it to December 1944 when it was able to resume its recordings for the Columbia label. There was not much change in the orchestra's swinging style during this era, as can be heard on such enjoyable pieces as "G.I. Stomp," "Yeah Man!," "Circus in Rhythm," two versions of "Taps Miller," and "Old Manuscript."
---Scott Yanow, allmusic |
