Basie/Eckstine Incorporated Explained

Basie/Eckstine Incorporated
Type:	studio
Artist:	Billy Eckstine and the Count Basie Orchestra
Cover:	Basie and Eckstine, Inc..jpeg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	May 22 – July 28, 1959
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Roulette
Producer:	Teddy Reig
Chronology:	Count Basie Orchestra
Prev Title:	Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Strike Up the Band
Next Year:	1959

Basie/Eckstine Incorporated is a 1959 studio album featuring Billy Eckstine and the Count Basie Orchestra. It was released by Roulette Records and marked Eckstine and Basie's only recorded collaboration.

Track listing

1. "Stormy Monday Blues" - 3:11
2. "Lonesome Lover Blues" (Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine) - 3:08
3. "Blues, the Mother of Sin" (Eckstine, Sid Kuller) - 3:41
4. "Jelly, Jelly" (Eckstine, Earl Hines) - 3:02
5. "Don't Cry Baby" (James P. Johnson, Saul Bernie, Stella Unger) - 3:31
6. "Trav'lin' All Alone" (J. C. Johnson) - 2:54
7. "Little Mama" (Eckstine, Kuller) - 3:29
8. "I Want a Little Girl" (Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) - 3:25
9. "Drifting" (Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams) - 3:59
10. "Song of the Wanderer" (Neil Moret) - 3:22
11. "Piano Man" (Eckstine, Kuller) - 4:04

Personnel

• Billy Eckstine - vocals

The Count Basie Orchestra:

• Count Basie - piano
• Marshal Royal - lead alto saxophone
• Frank Wess - alto saxophone, flute
• Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman, Snooky Young - trumpet
• Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Eddie Jones - double bass
• Sonny Payne - drums
• Bobby Tucker - additional piano
• Quincy Jones, Thad Jones & Bobby Tucker - arrangers

Production

• Teddy Reig - producer
• Michael Cuscuna - CD reissue producer