Album

Blues By Basie

Count Basie And His Orchestra

1956 · Jazz

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Blues By Basie by Count Basie And His Orchestra

Blues By Basie is a Jazz album by Count Basie And His Orchestra, originally released in 1956. On Gatefold: 14 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Tootie2:46
  2. A2How Long Blues2:58
  3. A3Way Back Blues3:28
  4. A4Blues (I Still Think Of Her)2:48
  5. A5Harvard Blues3:20
  6. A6Bugle Blues (Interpolation From "Ole Miss" By W.C. Handy)2:22

Side B

  1. B1Take Me Back, Baby3:02
  2. B2The Golden Bullet2:27
  3. B3Nobody Knows2:46
  4. B4Royal Garden Blues3:07
  5. B5I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town3:03
  6. B6Bluebeard Blues3:05

Sound DNA

  • Jazz
  • Big Band & Swing
  • warm
  • driving
  • bluesy

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

1956 1st edition with red & black "six eye" center labels.
Though this compilation shares a title and 4 tracks (A2, A3, A6 and B4) in common with the 1944, it is not a reissue or repress of that album.
Track A1 recorded November 3, 1950.
Track A2 recorded June 24, 1939.
Tracks A3, A6, B4 recorded July 24, 1942.
Track A4 recorded March 19, 1940.
Track A5 recorded November 17, 1941.
Track B1 recorded September 24, 1941.
Tracks B2, B6 recorded May 16, 1950.
Track B3 recorded May 19, 1

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