The Count!
The Count! is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1952 and released on the Clef label in 1955.Reception
awarded the album 3 stars.- "New Basie Blues" - 3:26
- "Sure Thing" - 3:03
- "Why Not?" - 3:31
- "Fawncy Meetin' You" - 3:03
- "Bootsie" - 3:22
- "Tom Whaley" - 2:56
- "Paradise Squat" - 4:05
- "Basie Talks" - 3:39
- "Hob Nail Boogie" - 2:35
- "Jack and Jill" - 2:55
- "Bunny" - 3:09
- "Cash Box" - 3:24
- Recorded at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on January 19, July 22 and July 26, 1952
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano, organ
- Paul Campbell, Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, Charlie Shavers - trumpet
- Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Jimmy Wilkins - trombone
- Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Ernie Wilkins - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Floyd Johnson, Paul Quinichette - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Jimmy Lewis - bass
- Gus Johnson - drums
- Buck Clayton, Andy Gibson,, Buster Harding, Neal Hefti, Nat Pierce, Don Redman - arranger
