This Time by Basie (subtitled Hits of the 50's & 60's) is an album released by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie featuring jazz versions of contemporary hits recorded in 1963 and originally released on the Reprise label.Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Reprise Album Discography, Part 2: R/R9-6001 to R/RS-6199 (1961-1966), accessed November 15, 2015Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 15, 2015
Reception
The album won the Best Performance by a Band for Dancing at the 6th Annual Grammy Awards. AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars noting "This Time by Basie swings, smooth and easy but taut, or hot and heavy... Quincy Jones arranged and conducted This Time by Basie, and the record was successful, returning the Count to the pop charts on the eve of the British Invasion".
Track listing "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" (Steve Allen) - 3:15 "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) - 2:30 "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs) - 4:00 "The Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (Moe Koffman) - 3:13 "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) - 4:33 "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 3:07 "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) - 3:12 "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) - 2:49 "Walk, Don't Run" (Johnny Smith) - 2:37 "Nice 'n' Easy" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith, Lew Spence) – 3:15 "Theme from The Apartment" (Charles Williams) - 3:15
Personnel Count Basie - piano Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Eddie Preston, Fip Ricard - trumpet Henry Coker, Urbie Green, Grover Mitchell, Benny Powell - trombone Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet Eric Dixon, Frank Wess - tenor saxophone, flute Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, clarinet Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute Freddie Green - guitar Buddy Catlett - bass Sonny Payne - drums Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor Charts
Chart (1963) Peakposition US Billboard Top Albums19 References