The Chronological Classics: Count Basie and His Orchestra 1938–1939

~ Release by Count Basie and His Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

9. Wrongly flagged as take A, it seems more to be the B.

Annotation last modified on 2022-10-11 09:52 UTC.

Tracklist

▼CD 1
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1Blues in the Dark
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1938-01-03)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1938-01-03)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1938-01-03)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Herschel Evans (on 1938-01-03)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1938-01-03)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1938-01-03)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1938-01-03)
guitar and trombone:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1938-01-03)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-01-03)
trombone:
Dan Minor (on 1938-01-03) and Benny Morton (on 1938-01-03)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1938-01-03) and Karl George (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-01-03)
lead vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1938-01-03)
vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1938-01-03)
arranger:
Buck Clayton (on 1938-01-03)
recording of:
Blues in the Dark (on 1938-01-03)
lyricist and composer:
Count Basie (pianist)
3:02
2Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-02-16)
vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1938-02-16)
recording of:
Sent for You Yesterday (on 1938-02-16)
lyricist:
Jimmy Rushing
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
2:55
3Every Tub
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-02-16)
alto saxophone:
Earl Warren (on 1938-02-16) and Jack Washington (on 1938-02-16)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1938-02-16)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1938-02-16)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Herschel Evans (on 1938-02-16) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1938-02-16)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Herschel Evans (on 1938-02-16)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Walter Page (on 1938-02-16)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1938-02-16, on 1938-02-26)
guitar:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1938-02-16) and Freddie Green (on 1938-02-16)
guitar and trombone:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1938-02-16)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-02-16)
saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1938-02-16) and Jack Washington (on 1938-02-16)
trombone:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1938-02-16), Dan Minor (on 1938-02-16) and Benny Morton (on 1938-02-16)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1938-02-16), Harry Edison (on 1938-02-16) and Ed Lewis (jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-02-16)
orchestra:
Count Basie and His Orchestra (on 1938-02-16)
trombone arranger:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1938-02-16)
arranger:
Buck Clayton and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1938-02-16)
part of:
Decca (by matrix number) (number: 63287-A)
recording of:
Every Tub (on 1938-02-16)
writer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
3:15
4Now Will You Be Good
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-02-16)
vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1938-02-16)
recording of:
Now Will You Be Good? (on 1938-02-16)
writer:
Harry Jentes, Harry Pease and Arthur Terker
2:52
5Swinging the Blues
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-02-16)
recording of:
Swingin’ the Blues (on 1938-02-16)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1938) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (in 1938)
2:43
6Mama Don’t Want No Peas an’ Rice an’ Cocoanut Oil
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-06-06)
vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1938-06-06)
recording of:
Mama Don't Want No Peas 'N' Rice 'N' Coconut Oil (on 1938-06-06)
writer:
L. Charles and L. Wolfe Gilbert
2:56
7Blue and Sentimental
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-06-06)
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1938-06-06) and Jack Washington (on 1938-06-06)
baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1938-06-06)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Herschel Evans (on 1938-06-06) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1938-06-06)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1938-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1938-06-06)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1938-06-06)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-06-06)
trombone:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1938-06-06), Dan Minor (on 1938-06-06) and Benny Morton (on 1938-06-06)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1938-06-06), Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1938-06-06) and Ed Lewis (jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-06-06)
recording of:
Blue and Sentimental (on 1938-06-06)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist), Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) and Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
3:09
8Doggin’ Around
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-06-06)
recording of:
Doggin' Around (on 1938-06-06)
composer:
Herschel Evans (in 1938)
2:59
9Stop Beatin’ ’round the Mulberry Bush
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-08-22)
vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1938-08-22)
recording of:
Stop Beatin' Around the Mulberry Bush (on 1938-08-22)
writer:
Clay Boland and Bickley Reichner
3:14
10London Bridge Is Falling Down
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-08-22)
vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1938-08-22)
recording of:
London Bridge Is Falling Down (on 1938-08-22)
lyricist:
Tot Seymour
composer:
Abel Baer and Ira Schuster
3:00
11Texas Shuffle
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-08-22)
recording of:
Texas Shuffle (on 1938-08-22)
composer:
Herschel Evans
3:03
12Jumpin’ at the Woodside
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-08-22)
recording of:
Jumpin’ at the Woodside (original instrumental) (on 1938-08-22)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist)
publisher:
PW Arrangements, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
3:05
13How Long How Long Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-11-09)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1938-11-09)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1938-11-09)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1938-11-09)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-11-09)
instrumental recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues (on 1938-11-09)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
2:56
14The Dirty Dozens
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-11-09)
recording of:
The Dirty Dozens
composer:
Rufus Perryman
3:04
15Hey Lawdy Mama
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-11-09)
recording of:
Hey Lawdy Mama (on 1938-11-09)
lyricist and composer:
Buddy Moss (in 1934)
publisher:
Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
2:48
16The Fives
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-11-09)
recording of:
The Fives (on 1938-11-09)
composer:
George W. Thomas (US blues/jazz pianist/songwriter) and Hersal Thomas
2:50
17Boogie Woogie
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-11-09)
recording of:
Boogie Woogie (on 1938-11-09)
composer:
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith
3:04
18Dark Rapture
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-11-16)
vocals:
Helen Humes (on 1938-11-16)
recording of:
Dark Rapture (on 1938-11-16)
writer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader), Manny Kurtz and Edgar Sampson
2:45
19Shorty George
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1938-11-16)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1938-11-16)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1938-11-16)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Herschel Evans (on 1938-11-16)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1938-11-16)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1938-11-16)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1938-11-16)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-11-16)
trombone:
Dan Minor (on 1938-11-16), Benny Morton (on 1938-11-16) and Dicky Wells (on 1938-11-16)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1938-11-16) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1938-11-16)
arranger:
Andy Gibson (trumpet, arranger, composer) (on 1938-11-16)
recording of:
Shorty George (on 1938-11-16)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Harry “Sweets” Edison
2:44
20The Blues I Like to Hear
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-11-16)
vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1938-11-16)
recording of:
The Blues I Like to Hear (on 1938-11-16)
writer:
Jimmy Rushing and Buster Smith (saxophone)
3:16
21Do You Wanna Jump, Children?
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-11-16)
vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1938-11-16)
recording of:
Do You Wanna Jump, Children? (on 1938-11-16)
writer:
Willie Bryant, Victor Selsman and Jimmy Van Heusen
2:45
22Panassie Stomp
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-11-16)
recording of:
Panassié Stomp (on 1938-11-16)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist)
2:47
23My Heart Belongs to Daddy
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-01-05)
vocals:
Helen Humes (on 1939-01-05)
recording of:
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (on 1939-01-05)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
3:00
24Sing for Your Supper
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-01-05)
vocals:
Helen Humes (on 1939-01-05)
recording of:
Sing for Your Supper (from “The Boys from Syracuse”) (on 1939-01-05)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
The Boys From Syracuse
2:47
25Oh! Red
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-01-26)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-01-26)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-01-26)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-01-05, on 1939-01-26)
recording of:
Oh! Red (on 1939-01-26)
composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
2:57

Credits

Release Group

part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 504) (order: 13)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/2763170 [info]
Wikidata:Q30880991 [info]