Basie's Beat is a 1967 album by Count Basie and his orchestra.
The trombonist Richard Boone sings on two of the tracks, "Boone's Blues" and "I Got Rhythm".
Track listing "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:43 "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams) – 4:56 "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 5:26 "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:37 "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 3:43 "Boone's Blues" (Richard Boone) – 2:50 "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) – 3:06 "Hey Jim" – 4:10 "Happy House" – 4:23 "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 5:09
Personnel The Count Basie Orchestra Count Basie – piano, arranger Richard Boone – vocals, trombone Bobby Plater, Marshall Royal – alto saxophone Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone Norman Keenan – double bass Ed Shaughnessy, Rufus Jones – drums Freddie Green – guitar Billy Mitchell, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric Dixon, Marshall Brown – tenor saxophone Al Grey, Grover Mitchell, Harlan Floyd, Henderson Chambers – trombone Bill Hughes – bass trombone Al Aarons, Gene Goe, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Phil Guilbeau, Sonny Cohn, Wallace Davenport – trumpet
Production Acy R. Lehman – cover design Phil Ramone, Bob Arnold – engineer Val Valentin – director of engineering Stanley Dance – liner notes Chuck Stewart – photography Teddy Reig – producer
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