Basie One More Time Explained

Basie One More Time
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Count Basie
Cover:	Basie_One_More_Time.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	December 19, 1958 and January 23 & 24, 1959 New York City and Chicago
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Roulette SR 52024
Producer:	Teddy Reig and Rudy Traylor
Chronology:	Count Basie
Prev Title:	Chairman of the Board
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
Next Year:	1959

Basie One More Time (subtitled Music from the Pen of Quincy Jones) is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie performing the compositions and arrangements of Quincy Jones recorded in late 1958 and early 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

AllMusic's review states, "Jones's charts helped expand the Basie sound without altering it. An excellent CD".

Track listing

All compositions by Quincy Jones

1. "For Lena and Lennie" - 3:57
2. "Rat Race" - 2:57
3. "Quince" - 3:55
4. "Meet B B" - 3:35
5. "The Big Walk" - 2:55
6. "A Square at the Roundtable" - 2:16
7. "I Needs to Be Bee'd With" - 3:29
8. "Jessica's Day" - 4:24
9. "The Midnite Sun Never Sets" - 3:34
10. "Muttnik" - 5:25

• Recorded in New York City on December 19, 1958 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 9) and Chicago on January 23 & 24, 1959 (tracks 3, 6, 7, 8 & 10)

Personnel

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

Notes and References

1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 3, 2015
2. Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 3, 2015