Basie/Eckstine Incorporated is a 1959 studio album by Billy Eckstine and the Count Basie Orchestra. It was released by Roulette Records and marked Eckstine and Basie's only recorded collaboration.
Track listing "Stormy Monday Blues" - 3:11 "Lonesome Lover Blues" (Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine) - 3:08 "Blues, the Mother of Sin" (Eckstine, Sid Kuller) - 3:41 "Jelly, Jelly" (Eckstine, Earl Hines) - 3:02 "Don't Cry Baby" (James P. Johnson, Saul Bernie, Stella Unger) - 3:31 "Trav'lin' All Alone" (J. C. Johnson) - 2:54 "Little Mama" (Eckstine, Kuller) - 3:29 "I Want a Little Girl" (Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) - 3:25 "Drifting" (Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams) - 3:59 "Song of the Wanderer" (Neil Moret) - 3:22 "Piano Man" (Eckstine, Kuller) - 4:04
Personnel Billy Eckstine - vocals
The Count Basie Orchestra Count Basie - piano Marshal Royal - lead alto saxophone Frank Wess - alto saxophone, flute Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman, Snooky Young - trumpet Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone Freddie Green - guitar Eddie Jones - double bass Sonny Payne - drums Bobby Tucker - additional piano Quincy Jones, Thad Jones & Bobby Tucker - arrangers
Production Teddy Reig - producer Michael Cuscuna - CD reissue producer
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