The Complete Decca Recordings

~ Release by Count Basie (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

▶CD 1: 1937
▶CD 2: 1938
▼CD 3: 1939
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1My Heart Belongs to Daddy
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-01-05)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1939-01-05)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-01-05)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Herschel Evans (on 1939-01-05)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-01-05)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-01-05)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-01-05)
trombone:
Dan Minor (on 1939-01-05), Benny Morton (on 1939-01-05) and Dicky Wells (on 1939-01-05)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-01-05), Shad Collins (on 1939-01-05) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-01-05)
lead vocals:
Helen Humes (on 1939-01-05)
arranger:
Jimmy Mundy (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.
2:56
2Sing for Your Supper
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-01-05)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1939-01-05)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-01-05)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Herschel Evans (on 1939-01-05)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-01-05)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-01-05)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-01-05)
trombone:
Dan Minor (on 1939-01-05), Benny Morton (on 1939-01-05) and Dicky Wells (on 1939-01-05)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-01-05), Shad Collins (on 1939-01-05) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-01-05)
lead 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
2:44
3Oh! 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
2:55
4Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well (1st take)
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1939)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (in 1939)
guitar:
Freddie Green (in 1939)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1939)
recording of:
Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well (in 1939)
composer:
John Akers and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
3:07
5Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well (2nd take)
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1939)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (in 1939)
guitar:
Freddie Green (in 1939)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1939)
recording of:
Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well (in 1939)
composer:
John Akers and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
3:04
6Dupree Blues
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 1939-01-26)
recording of:
Dupree Blues (on 1939-01-26)
composer:
Woody Herman and George White
3:06
7When the Sun Goes Down (1st take)
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 1939-01-26)
instrumental recording of:
In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) (on 1939-01-26)
writer:
Leroy Carr and Don Raye
2:48
8When the Sun Goes Down (2nd take)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-01-26)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-01-26)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1938-01-26)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1938-01-26)
instrumental recording of:
In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) (on 1939-01-26)
writer:
Leroy Carr and Don Raye
2:56
9Red Wagon
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-01-26)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-01-06, on 1939-01-26)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-01-26)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-01-06, on 1939-01-26)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-01-06) and Count Basie & his Rhythm Section (pianist) (on 1939-01-26)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-01-26)
instrumental recording of:
Red Wagon (Your Red Wagon) (on 1939-01-06)
lyricist:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
composer:
Richard M. Jones
instrumental recording of:
Red Wagon (Your Red Wagon) (on 1939-01-26)
lyricist:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
composer:
Richard M. Jones
2:55
10You Can Depend on Me
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1939)
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1939)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (in 1939)
guitar:
Freddie Green (in 1939)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1939)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (in 1939)
lead vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (in 1939)
instrumental recording of:
You Can Depend on Me (in 1939)
composer:
Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
3:10
11Cherokee, Part 1
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-02-03)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1939-02-03)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-03)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-02-03)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-02-03)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-02-03)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-02-03)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-02-03)
trombone:
Dan Minor (on 1939-02-03), Benny Morton (on 1939-02-03) and Dicky Wells (on 1939-02-03)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-02-03), Shad Collins (on 1939-02-03) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-02-03)
arranger:
Jimmy Mundy (on 1939-02-03)
partial cover recording of:
Cherokee (on 1939-02-03)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:12
12Cherokee, Part 2
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-02-03)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1939-02-03)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-03)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-02-03)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-02-03)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-02-03)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-02-03)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-02-03)
trombone:
Dan Minor (on 1939-02-03), Benny Morton (on 1939-02-03) and Dicky Wells (on 1939-02-03)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1939-02-03) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-02-03)
arranger:
Jimmy Mundy (on 1939-02-03)
partial cover recording of:
Cherokee (on 1939-02-03)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:06
13Blame It on My Last Affair (1st take)
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-02-03)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1939-02-03)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-03)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-02-03)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-02-03)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-02-03)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-02-03)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-02-03)
trombone:
Dan Minor (on 1939-02-03), Benny Morton (on 1939-02-03) and Dicky Wells (on 1939-02-03)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1939-02-03) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-02-03)
lead vocals:
Helen Humes (on 1939-02-03)
recording of:
Blame It on My Last Affair (on 1939-02-03)
writer:
Irving Mills and Henry Nemo
2:46
14Blame It on My Last Affair (2nd take)
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-02-03)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1939-02-03)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-03)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-02-03)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-02-03)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-02-03)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-02-03)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-02-03)
trombone:
Dan Minor (on 1939-02-03), Benny Morton (on 1939-02-03) and Dicky Wells (on 1939-02-03)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1939-02-03) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-02-03)
lead vocals:
Helen Humes (on 1939-02-03)
recording of:
Blame It on My Last Affair (on 1939-02-03)
writer:
Irving Mills and Henry Nemo
2:44
15Jive at Five
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1939-02-04)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-04)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-02-04)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-02-04)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-02-04)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-02-04)
trombone:
Dicky Wells (on 1939-02-04)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1939-02-04) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-02-04)
arranger:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-02-04)
recording of:
Jive at Five (on 1939-02-04)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Harry “Sweets” Edison
2:51
16Thursday
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-02-04)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone and reeds:
Jack Washington (on 1939-02-04)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-04)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-02-04)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-02-04)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-02-04)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-02-04)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-02-04) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-04)
trombone:
Dan Minor (on 1939-02-04), Benny Morton (on 1939-02-04) and Dicky Wells (on 1939-02-04)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-02-04), Shad Collins (on 1939-02-04) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-02-04)
lead vocals:
Helen Humes (on 1939-02-04)
vocals:
Helen Humes (on 1939-02-04)
arranger:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-02-04)
recording of:
Thursday (on 1939-02-04)
writer:
Irvin Graham, Louis Haber and Dorothy Sachs
3:06
17Evil Blues
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-02-04)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1939-02-04)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-04)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-02-04)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-02-04)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-02-04)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-02-04)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-02-04)
trombone:
Dan Minor (on 1939-02-04), Benny Morton (on 1939-02-04) and Dicky Wells (on 1939-02-04)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1939-02-04) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-02-04)
lead vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1939-02-04)
recording of:
Evil Blues (on 1939-02-04)
writer:
Count Basie (pianist), Harry “Sweets” Edison and Jimmy Rushing
3:15
18Oh, Lady Be Good
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-02-04)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1939-02-04)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-02-04)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-02-04)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-02-04)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-02-04)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-02-04)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-02-04)
trombone:
Dan Minor (on 1939-02-04), Benny Morton (on 1939-02-04) and Dicky Wells (on 1939-02-04)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1939-02-04) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-02-04)
instrumental recording of:
Oh, Lady Be Good! (on 1939-02-04)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
3:11