String Along with Basie is an album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie accompanied by a small band and string section on tracks recorded in 1959 and 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 3, 2015Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 3, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.Allmusic listing, accessed November 3, 2015
Track listing "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 2:52 "Song of the Islands" (Chas. E. King) - 4:14 "Stringing the Blues" (Jimmy Jones) - 4:07 "The One I Love" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 3:35 "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David) - 3:34 "Blues Bittersweet" (Quincy Jones) - 2:38 "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 4:15 "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" (Holt Marvell, Harry Link, Jack Strachey) - 4:32 "She's Funny That Way (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me)" (Neil Moret, Richard Whiting) – 3:14 "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 3:15 Recorded in New York City on July 20, 1959 (tracks 5, 6 & 8) and May 10 & 11, 1960 (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10)
Personnel Count Basie - piano Freddie Green - guitar George Duvivier - bass Jimmy Crawford - drums Unidentified string orchestra Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone (tracks 5, 6 & 8) Illinois Jacquet (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10), Ben Webster (tracks 5, 6 & 8) - tenor saxophone Herbie Mann, Frank Wess - flute (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10) Andy Fitzgerald - bass flute, bass clarinet (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10) Quincy Jones (tracks 5, 6 & 8), George Williams (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10) - arrangers
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