Basie's Beat

Basie's Beat
Studio album by Count Basie Orchestra
Released	1967
Recorded	Oct 7, 8 & 9, 1965 and February 15, 1967
Studio	A & R (New York City)
Genre	Jazz, swing, big band
Length	36:24
Label	Verve
Producer	Teddy Reig
Count Basie Orchestra chronology
Hollywood...Basie's Way (1967) Basie's Beat (1967) Basie's in the Bag (1967)

Basie's Beat is a 1967 album by Count Basie and his orchestra.^[1]

The trombonist Richard Boone sings on two of the tracks, "Boone's Blues" and "I Got Rhythm".

Track listing

1. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:43
2. "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams) – 4:56
3. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 5:26
4. "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:37
5. "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 3:43
6. "Boone's Blues" (Richard Boone) – 2:50
7. "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) – 3:06
8. "Hey Jim" – 4:10
9. "Happy House" – 4:23
10. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 5:09

Personnel

• The Count Basie Orchestra
• Count Basie – piano, arranger
• Richard Boone – vocals, trombone
• Bobby Plater, Marshall Royal – alto saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
• Norman Keenan – double bass
• Ed Shaughnessy, Rufus Jones – drums
• Freddie Green – guitar
• Billy Mitchell, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric Dixon, Marshall Brown – tenor saxophone
• Al Grey, Grover Mitchell, Harlan Floyd, Henderson Chambers – trombone
• Bill Hughes – bass trombone
• Al Aarons, Gene Goe, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Phil Guilbeau, Sonny Cohn, Wallace Davenport – trumpet

Production

• Acy R. Lehman – cover design
• Phil Ramone, Bob Arnold – engineer
• Val Valentin – director of engineering
• Stanley Dance – liner notes
• Chuck Stewart – photography
• Teddy Reig – producer

References