Basie's Beat Explained
Basie's Beat is a 1967 album by Count Basie and his orchestra.
The trombonist Richard Boone sings on two of the tracks, "Boone's Blues" and "I Got Rhythm".
Track listing
- "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:43
- "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams) – 4:56
- "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 5:26
- "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:37
- "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 3:43
- "Boone's Blues" (Richard Boone) – 2:50
- "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) – 3:06
- "Hey Jim" – 4:10
- "Happy House" – 4:23
- "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 5:09
Personnel
- The Count Basie Orchestra
- Count Basie – piano, arranger
- Richard Boone – vocals, trombone
- Bobby Plater, Marshall Royal – alto saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
- Norman Keenan – double bass
- Ed Shaughnessy, Rufus Jones – drums
- Freddie Green – guitar
- Billy Mitchell, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric Dixon, Marshall Brown – tenor saxophone
- Al Grey, Grover Mitchell, Harlan Floyd, Henderson Chambers – trombone
- Bill Hughes – bass trombone
- Al Aarons, Gene Goe, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Phil Guilbeau, Sonny Cohn, Wallace Davenport – trumpet
- Production
