Basie Picks the Winners is a 1965 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra.
Track listing "Watermelon Man" (Herbie Hancock) – 3:11 "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 3:20 "I Won't Cry Anymore" (Al Frisch, Fred Wise) – 2:22 "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 3:05 "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 3:15 "My Kind of Town" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:40 "I'm Walkin'" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) – 3:34 "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:51 "Volare" (Domenico Modugno) – 2:44 "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Lester Young) – 2:05 "Oh, Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 2:59
Personnel The Count Basie Orchestra Count Basie - piano Billy Byers - arranger Leon Thomas - vocalist Al Aarons - trumpet Sonny Cohn - trumpet Sam Noto - trumpet Wallace Davenport - trumpet Al Grey - trombone Grover Mitchell - trombone Bill Hughes - trombone Henderson Chambers - trombone Bobby Plater - alto saxophone Marshall Royal - alto saxophone Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone Freddie Green - guitar Wyatt "Bull" Ruether - bass Irv Cottler - drums J.C. Heard - drums
Verve V/V6-8619 liner notes
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