Basic Basie is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie featuring performances recorded in Chicago in 1969 and released on the MPS label.Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 15, 2015MPS Records listing , accessed October 14, 2015 It was released in the U.S. in 1972 on the Groove Merchant label as Evergreens.Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 2200 Series, accessed March 26, 2018
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars.Allmusic listing, accessed November 14, 2015
Track listing "Idaho" (Jesse Stone) - 2:19 "Blues in My Heart" (Benny Carter, Irving Mills) - 2:53 "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby) - 3:55 "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett) - 2:52 "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Mills, Eddie DeLange) - 2:56 "Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me" (Con Conrad, Sidney Clare) - 2:16 "M-Squad" (Count Basie) - 2:18 "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 3:27 "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Fats Waller, Harry Brooks. Andy Razaf) - 2:36 "Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 2:56 "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Koehler) - 2:48 "I've Got the World on a String" (Arlen, Koehler) - 2:47
Personnel Count Basie - piano Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn, Waymon Reed - trumpet Frank Hooks, Grover Mitchell, Mel Wanzo - trombone Bill Hughes - bass trombone Marshal Royal, Bobby Plater - alto saxophone Eric Dixon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone Freddie Green - guitar Norman Keenan - bass Harold Jones - drums Chico O'Farrill - arranger
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