Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Shoe Shine Boy - Jones-Smith, Inc.
2. Evenin' - Jones-Smith, Inc.
3. Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) - Jones-Smith, Inc.
4. Oh, Lady Be Good - Jones-Smith, Inc.
5. I Ain't Got Nobody - Count Basie
6. Goin' to Chicago Blues - Count Basie
7. Live and Love Tonight - Count Basie
8. Love Me or Leave Me - Count Basie
9. Dickie's Dream - Count Basie
10. Lester Leaps In - Count Basie
11. How Long Blues - Count Basie
12. Royal Garden Blues - Count Basie
13. Bugle Blues - Count Basie
14. Sugar Blues - Count Basie
15. Farewell Blues - Count Basie
16. Café Society Blues - Count Basie
17. Way Back Blues - Count Basie
18. St. Louis Blues - Count Basie
19. Neal's Deal - Count Basie
20. Bluebeard Blues - Count Basie
21. Golden Bullet - Count Basie
22. You're My Baby, You - Count Basie

Disc 2:

1. Song of the Islands - Count Basie
2. These Foolish Things - Count Basie
3. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Count Basie
4. One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie
5. I Ain't Got Nobody - Count Basie
6. Little White Lies - Count Basie
7. I'll Remember April - Count Basie
8. Tootsie - Count Basie
9. Rock-A-Bye Basie
10. One Hour
11. Taxi War Dance
12. Twelfth Street Rag
13. Miss Thing, Pt. 1
14. Miss Thing, Pt. 2
15. Nobody Knows [Take 1]
16. Pound Cake
17. Song of the Islands
18. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie
19. Tickle Toe
20. Louisiana
21. Easy Does It
22. Somebody Stole My Gal
23. I Want a Little Girl

Disc 3:

1. Five O'Clock Whistle
2. Broadway
3. It's the Same Old South
4. Jump the Blues Away
5. Jitters
6. 9:20 Special
7. Goin' to Chicago Blues
8. Harvard Blues
9. One O'Clock Jump
10. It's Sand, Man
11. Ain't It the Truth
12. Taps Miller
13. Avenue C
14. Blue Skies
15. Queer Street
16. Lazy Lady Blues
17. Rambo
18. King
19. Hob Nail Boogie
20. Mutton Leg
21. Stay on It
22. Little Pony
23. Beaver Junction

Disc 4:

1. One O'Clock Jump [Live][#]
2. Swingin' the Blues [Live][#]
3. Rock-A-Bye Basie [Live][#]
4. Don't Worry 'Bout Me [Live][#]
5. Time Out [Live][#]
6. Boogie Woogie Blues [Live][#]
7. Roseland Shuffle [Live][#]
8. White Sails [Live][#]
9. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie [Live][#]
10. One O'Clock Jump [Live][#]
11. They Can't Take That Away from Me [Live]
12. Swing, Brother, Swing [Live]
13. I Can't Get Started [Live]
14. Moten Swing [Live][#]
15. Ebony Rhapsody [Live][#]
16. Darn That Dream [Live][#]
17. Take It, Pres [Live][#]
18. Baby, Don't Tell on Me [Live][#]
19. I Got Rhythm [Live][#]
20. 9:20 Special [Live][#]
21. Elmer's Tune [Live][#]
22. Jumpin' at the Woodside [Live][#]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27353 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2003-09-23
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .69 pounds

Customer Reviews

Basie's Columbia recordings have never sounded so good!
I've just got this and played the first two discs, so I can't comment on it all, but what I've heard so far is AMAZING! The sound--so shoddy on the '80s "Essential Count Basie" series--is superb, and the music is just beyone belief. The playing is light and forceful at the same time--just great, great stuff. A perfect complement to the 3-CD Decca set. And I can't wait to hear the previously unreleased live stuff on disc 4. The packaging is very attractive and the booklet--make that book--is very detailed and informative. Another classic Orrin Keepnews reissue.

This is the perfect gift for any jazz fan--and you should get one for yourself while you're at it!

A+ for the Basie Cats! and AMAZINGLY, the Columbia guys got it right.
I don't have to tell anyone how great these tracks are. How does one guy get all 16 of the greatest swing musicians in the world into one band? This set has some Great surprises: Live sides, and rare alternates, like "It's The Same Old South", (a different take than the version on the vinyl "Superchief")

I have several of these on the ARC/Columbia family of labels (Vocallion, Brunswick, Okey, etc.) both 78s and Lps. and have been trying and failing to replace them with decent CD copies. COLUMBIA FINNALLY GOT IT RIGHT!. This set is a pleasure, and for once, it sounds great! You will NEVER be dissapointed with this purchace.

Now if Columbia would refund everybody's money for the unlistenable versions of these tunes they issued on the "Essential" series, and the "This Is Jazz" series etc., we could use it to replace our copies of the Armstrong Hot Fives that they had previous butchered, or the Bix, ...it goes on .....

Great collection of classic jazz and swing
This is a swell 4-CD box set that covers all of Basie's studio work for the Columbia label, from 1936-51, working in a variety of configurations, from small combos to the full-on Basie Orchestra, including several songs with Basie backing up Billie Holiday, and plenty of other vocal tunes featuring Basie regulars Helen Humes and Jimmy Rushing. This collection also marks the first time Columbia has officially delved into the wealth of live transcription performances and radio broadcasts featuring the Basie band... This material was previously the sole province of various European collector labels; Sony shows it's able to do this material up right, with meticulous scholarship and great sound quality. Doubtless, many of the sniffier jazz scholars will find some reason or another to pooh-pooh this collection, but for us regular folks, it's mighty tasty. Recommended!