For the First Time (Count Basie album) explained

For the First Time
Type:	studio
Artist:	Count Basie
Cover:	For the First Time (Count Basie album).jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	1974
Recorded:	1974
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	49:51
Label:	Pablo
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	The Bosses
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Satch and Josh
Next Year:	1974

For the First Time is a 1974 studio album by Count Basie, with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Louie Bellson. Basie, Brown and Bellson followed For the First Time with For the Second Time (1975).

Track listing

1. "Baby Lawrence" (Count Basie) – 3:10
2. "Pres" (Basie) – 3:28
3. "I'll Always Be in Love With You" (Bud Green, Fred Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 5:54
4. "Blues in the Church" (Basie) – 5:00
5. "Oh, Lady Be Good [Concept 1]" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:32
6. "Oh, Lady Be Good [Concept 2]" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:57
7. "Blues in the Alley" (Basie) – 6:44
8. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:33
9. "Song of the Islands" (Charles E. King) – 4:51
10. "Royal Gardens Blues" (Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams) – 4:28
11. "(Un) Easy Does It" (Sy Oliver, Trummy Young) – 4:08
12. "O.P." (Basie) – 4:48

Personnel

• Count Basie - piano
• Ray Brown - double bass
• Louie Bellson - drums