Mostly Blues...and Some Others
Mostly Blues...and Some Others | ||||
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Studio album by Count Basie | ||||
Released | 1986 | |||
Recorded | June 22, 1983 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 44:42 | |||
Label | Pablo | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Mostly Blues...and Some Others is a 1983 studio album by Count Basie.[3] This was his last small-group recording. It was released in 1986, two years after his death in 1984.
Track listing
1. "I'll Always Be in Love with You" (Bud Green, Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 5:57
(Note: the actual length of "I'll Always Be in Love with You" is 08:13 in spite of the official Pablo information)
2. "Snooky" (Count Basie) – 3:42
3. "Blues for Charlie Christian" (Basie) – 5:24
4. "Jaws" (Basie) – 5:34
5. "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 4:29
6. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:58
7. "Blues in C" (Louis Bellson, Benny Carter, Art Tatum) – 6:58
8. "Brio" (Basie, Joe Pass) – 4:42
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
- Snooky Young - trumpet
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Joe Pass - guitar
- John Heard - double bass
- Roy McCurdy - drums
Known as "The Kansas City Septem"
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- ^ Mostly Blues...avnd Some Others at AllMusic
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- The Count!
- Count Basie and the Kansas City 7
- Basie Swingin' Voices Singin'
- Loose Walk
- Basie Jam
- The Bosses
- For the First Time
- Satch and Josh
- Basie & Zoot
- For the Second Time
- Basie Jam 2
- Basie Jam 3
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- The Gifted Ones
- Basie Jam: Montreux '77
- Satch and Josh...Again
- Night Rider
- Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers
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- Kansas City 7
- Kansas City 6
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- "Hey! Jealous Lover"
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- "Lester Leaps In"
- "Li'l Darlin'"
- "One O'Clock Jump"
- Count Basie Orchestra
- Count Basie Theatre
- Paul Robeson Home
- A Classy Pair
- Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
- Digital III at Montreux
- Ella and Basie!
- A Perfect Match
- Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First
- Sinatra at the Sands