Count Basie Presents Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman (also released as Countin' on Basie) is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' Trio with Count Basie and Joe Newman recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Roulette label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 23, 2015Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 23, 2015Shirley Scott Catalog, accessed November 23, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.AllMusic listing, accessed November 23, 2015
Track listing All compositions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis except as indicated "Broadway" (Billy Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Wood) - 4:36 "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:50 "A Misty One" - 4:37 "Save Your Love for Me" (Oscar Pettiford) - 3:56 "Telegraph" - 5:07 "Farouk" - 5:22 "Lock-Up" - 2:57 "On the Street of Dreams" (Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis) - 2:51 "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" (Pettiford) - 5:31
Personnel Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone Count Basie - piano Joe Newman - trumpet Shirley Scott - organ George Duvivier - bass George "Butch" Ballard - drums
References