Basie's Beat

Basie's Beat is a 1967 album by Count Basie and his orchestra.^[1]

Basie's Beat
Studio album by Count Basie Orchestra
Released	1967
Recorded	Oct 7, 8 & 9, 1965 and February 15, 1967
Studio	A & R (New York)
Genre	Jazz, Swing, Big band
Length	36:24
Label	Verve
Producer	Teddy Reig
Count Basie Orchestra chronology
Hollywood...Basie's Way (1967) Basie's Beat (1967) Basie's in the Bag (1967)

The trombonist Richard Boone sings on two of the tracks, "Boone's Blues" and "I Got Rhythm".

Track listing

1. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Billy Rose) - 2:43
2. "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams) - 4:56
3. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 5:26
4. "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:37
5. "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) - 3:43
6. "Boone's Blues" (Richard Boone) - 2:50
7. "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) - 3:06
8. "Hey Jim" - 4:10
9. "Happy House" - 4:23
10. "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

• Acy R. Lehman - cover design
• Phil Ramone, Bob Arnold - engineer
• Val Valentin - director of engineering
• Stanley Dance - liner notes
• Chuck Stewart - photography
• Teddy Reig - producer

References

1. Basie's Beat at AllMusic