Album
Basie's Best!! A Collection Of Immortal Performances
1960 · Jazz
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Basie's Best!! A Collection Of Immortal Performances is a Jazz album by Count Basie And His Orchestra, originally released in 1960. On Gatefold: 26 pressings tracked.
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Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Big Band & Swing
- warm
- urban
- celebratory
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Track A1 recorded January 21, 1942.
Tracks A2, A4, B3 recorded December 6, 1944.
Tracks A3, B4 recorded July 27, 1942.
Track A5 recorded January 9, 1946.
Track B1 recorded February 26, 1945.
Tracks B2, B5 recorded February 4, 1946.
This release has a different label type layout than other two U.S. HL 7229 releases. This one has the song titles centered on each label. The other two -- Basie's Best!! A Collection Of Immortal Performances (US 1960) (opens in a new tab) and Basie's Best!! (A Collection Of Immortal Performances) (US) (opens in a new tab) -- have the song titles aligned flush left.
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Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Count BasiePIANO
- Ed LewisTRUMPET
- Eli RobinsonTROMBONE
- Freddie GreenGUITAR
- Harry EdisonTRUMPET
- Al KillianTRUMPET
- Buck ClaytonTRUMPET
- Buddy TateSAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Caughey RobertsSAXOPHONE
- Dickie WellsTROMBONE
- Don ByasSAXOPHONE
- Earle WarrenALTO SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Emmett BerryTRUMPET
- George MatthewsTROMBONE
- Illinois JacquetTENOR SAXOPHONE
- J.J. JohnsonTROMBONE
- Jack WashingtonSAXOPHONE
- Jimmy PowellALTO SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 26 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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