1 Avenue C
Arranged By – Buck Clayton
3:08
2 This Heart Of Mine
Vocals – Lynne Sherman
3:05
3 That Old Feeling
Vocals – Lynne Sherman
3:15
4 High Tide
Vocals – Taps Miller
5:35
5 Sent For You Yesterday
Arranged By – Eddie Durham
Vocals – Jimmy Rushing
2:13
6 Jimmy's Boogie Woogie
Vocals – Jimmy Rushing
1:50
7 Tippin' On The Q.T.
Arranged By – Buck Clayton
3:44
8 San Jose 2:42
9 B Flat Blues 2:35
10 Sweet Lorraine
Vocals – Earle Warren
4:00
11 Blue Skies
Vocals – Jimmy Rushing
2:51
12 Jivin' Joe Jackson
Arranged By – Jimmy Mundy
Vocals – Ann Moore
2:17
13 High Tide 2:49
14 Queer Street
Arranged By – Jimmy Mundy
3:02
15 Patience And Fortitude
Vocals – Jimmy Rushing
3:15
16 The Mad Boogie
Arranged By – Buster Harding
2:54
17 Lazy Lady Blues
Vocals – Jimmy Rushing
3:03
18 Rambo
Arranged By – J.J. Johnson
3:18
19 Stay Cool 3:08
20 The King 3:06
Alto Saxophone – Earle Warren (tracks: 1 to 10), George Dorsey (tracks: 11 to 14), Jimmy Powell (tracks: 1 to 10, 15 to 20), Preston Love (tracks: 11 to 20)
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Rudy Rutherford
Bass – Rodney Richardson
Drums – Jo Jones (tracks: 17 to 20), Shadow Wilson (tracks: 1 to 16)
Guitar – Freddie Green
Piano, Directed By – Count Basie
Strings – Unknown Artist (tracks: 2, 3)
Tenor Saxophone – Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet (tracks: 11 to 20), Lucky Thompson (tracks: 1 to 10)
Trombone – Dickie Wells (tracks: 1 to 14), Eli Robinson, George Matthews (tracks: 15 to 20), J.J. Johnson (tracks: 4 to 20), Louis Taylor (tracks: 1 to 3), Ted Donnelly
Trumpet – Al Killian (tracks: 1 to 3), Buck Clayton (tracks: 4 to 10), Ed Lewis, Emmett Berry (tracks: 11 to 20), Harry Edison (tracks: 1 to 14), Joe Newman (tracks: 1 to 3), Karl George (tracks: 4 to 10), Snooky Young (tracks: 11 to 20)
Recorded: Feb 26, 1945-Feb 4, 1946
This CD can easily be divided into two. The first 14 selections are from 1945 and feature the Basie band at a time that Lucky Thompson and Buddy Tate were the tenor sax soloists, and the repertoire included such hot tunes as "Avenue C," "High Tide," and "Blue Skies"; a few of the selections are taken from V-Discs. The final six numbers have Illinois Jacquet taking over on tenor and include "Rambo" and the exciting "The King." Throughout, the Basie rhythm section swings as hard and as lightly as usual while the horn sections are full of lively players, including Harry "Sweets" Edison and Dicky Wells. Another strong entry in the Classics label's chronological study of the early Count Basie band.
---Scott Yanow, allmusic |
