Basie One More Time

Basie One More Time
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedDecember 19, 1958 and January 23 & 24, 1959
New York City and Chicago
GenreJazz
LabelRoulette
SR 52024
ProducerTeddy Reig and Rudy Traylor
Count Basie chronology
Chairman of the Board
(1959)
Basie One More Time
(1959)
Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
(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

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[3]

AllMusic's review states, "Jones's charts helped expand the Basie sound without altering it. An excellent CD".[3]

Track listing

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 3, 2015
  2. ^ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 3, 2015
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Basie One More Time – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 3, 2015.