Basie One More Time (subtitled Music from the Pen of Quincy Jones) is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie performing the compositions and arrangements of Quincy Jones recorded in late 1958 and early 1959 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's review states, "Jones's charts helped expand the Basie sound without altering it. An excellent CD".
Track listing All compositions by Quincy Jones "For Lena and Lennie" - 3:57 "Rat Race" - 2:57 "Quince" - 3:55 "Meet B B" - 3:35 "The Big Walk" - 2:55 "A Square at the Roundtable" - 2:16 "I Needs to Be Bee'd With" - 3:29 "Jessica's Day" - 4:24 "The Midnite Sun Never Sets" - 3:34 "Muttnik" - 5:25 Recorded in New York City on December 19, 1958 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 9) and Chicago on January 23 & 24, 1959 (tracks 3, 6, 7, 8 & 10)
Personnel Count Basie - piano Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young - trumpet Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet Frank Wess - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone Freddie Green - guitar Eddie Jones - bass Sonny Payne - drums Quincy Jones - composition, arranger
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