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The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and his Orchestra (1959-1962) (# 135)

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After each selection, where known, is an arranger's credit which is designated by the letter a followed by the arranger's name. Where the arranger is also the composer, the designation is a/c. All selections are previously unissued, unless otherwise indicated. __________________________________________________________________________________ MIAMI Marshal Royal (as,cl), Frank Wess (as,ts,fl), Frank Foster (ts), Billy Mitchell (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bari,b cl), Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley, Snooky Young, Harry `Sweets' Edison-2 (tps), Al Grey, Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tbs), Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d), Joe Williams-1 (vcl). The Americana Hotel, Miami, Florida May 31, 1959 Set one The Deacon (a/c Thad Jones) Cute (a/c Neal Hefti) In A Mellotone (a Frank Foster) R-52028 No Moon At All-1 (a Nat Pierce) Cherry Red-1 (a Frank Foster) Can't Leave That Woman Alone-1 Roll 'Em Pete-1 (head arr.) Cherry Point (a/c Neal Hefti) Whirly-Bird (a/c Neal Hefti) incomplete* One O'Clock Jump (a Ernie Wilkins) Set two Splanky (a/c Neal Hefti) Counter Block (a/c Thad Jones) R-52028 Li'l Darlin' (a/c Neal Hefti) Who, Me? (a/c Frank Foster) R-52028 Five O'Clock In The Morning-1 (a Ernie Wilkins) R-52028 In The Night-1 (a George Shearing) Smack Dab In The Middle-1 (a Edgar Sampson) Everyday I Have The Blues-1 (a Ernie Wilkins) 1

# 0135 The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and his Orchestra (1959-1962) Mosaic Discographies on livingwithmusic.com Back To The Apple (a Frank Foster) Set three Let's Have A Taste (a Frank Foster) R-52028 Moten Swing (a Ernie Wilkins) R-52028 You're A Memory (a Buddy Bregman) The Comeback-1 (a Frank Foster) Hallejulah I Love Her So-1 (a Ernie Wilkins) R-52028 One O'Clock Jump (a Ernie Wilkins) -2 R-52028 * There was a mechanical recording failure from the middle of the tenor saxophone solo to the out theme. Since this is a most spectacular version of this difficult chart in all other respects, we have elected to use this performance, fading down where the music stops and fading back where it recommences. ___________________________________________________________________________ BIRDLAND Marshal Royal (as,cl), Frank Wess (as,ts,fl), Frank Foster (ts), Budd Johnson (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bari), Thad Jones, Sonny Cohn, Lennie Johnson, Snooky Young (tps), Quentin Jackson, Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tbs), Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d), O.C. Smith-1, Sarah Vaughan-2, Jon Hendricks-3 (vcls). live at Birdland, New York City June 27, 1961 Set one A Little Tempo, Please (a/c Neal Hefti) To You (a/c Thad Jones) Blues Backstage (a/c Frank Foster) Segue In C (a/c Frank Wess) So Young, So Beautiful-1 Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You-1 (a Frank Foster) Don't Push, Don't Pull-1 (a Ernie Wilkins) Basie (a/c Ernie Wilkins) One O'Clock Jump (a Ernie Wilkins) Set two Corner Pocket (a/c Freddie Green) I Needs To Be Bee'd With (a/c Quincy Jones) Pretty Eyes-1 Smack Dab In The Middle-1 (a Edgar Sampson) Whirly-Bird (a/c Neal Hefti) One O'Clock Jump (a Ernie Wilkins) Set three The Song Is You (a Eric Dixon) Easin' It (a/c Frank Foster) Moten Swing (a Ernie Wilkins) 2

# 0135 The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and his Orchestra (1959-1962) Mosaic Discographies on livingwithmusic.com Discommotion (a/c Frank Foster) Jumpin' At The Woodside (head arr.) One O'Clock Jump (a Ernie Wilkins) Set four Red Hot Mama (a/c Ernie Wilkins) Discommotion (a/c Frank Foster) Everyday I Have The Blues-1 (a Ernie Wilkins) Person To Person-1 (a Frank Foster) Teach Me Tonight-1,2 (a Ernie Wilkins) One O'Clock Jump (a Ernie Wilkins) R-52065 ___________________________________________________________________________ same personnel and location as above. June 28, 1961 Set one Lullaby Of Birdland (a Ernie Wilkins) Little Pony (a/c Neal Hefti) R-52065 Li'l Darlin' (a/c Neal Hefti) Jingle Bells (a Ernie Wilkins) Blue Note B2-94857 The Midnite Sun Never Sets (a/c Quincy Jones) The Moon Is Not Green (a/c Ernie Wilkins) note: Two 3-track tape reels at this point in the performance could not be found. They must contain the vocal tunes ending set one and a few jazz tunes which begin set two. Set two There Will Never Be Another You-1 (a Buddy Bregman) Make Me A Present Of You-1 (a Frank Foster) Allright, OK, You Win-1 (a Frank Foster) Basie (a/c Ernie Wilkins) R-52065* Good Time Blues (a/c Ernie Wilkins) R-52065** Segue In C (a/c Frank Wess) R-52065** Whirly-Bird-3 (a/c Neal Hefti) R-52065 One O'Clock Jump (a Ernie Wilkins) R-52065 Set three Blues Backstage (a/c Frank Foster) R-52065** Blee Blop Blues (a/c A.K. Salim) R-52065 Corner Pocket (a/c Freddie Green) Moten Swing (a Ernie Wilkins) It Won't Be Long-1 (a Budd Johnson) Don't Worry 'Bout Me-1 (a Edgar Sampson) Don't Push, Don't Pull-1 (a Ernie Wilkins) One O'Clock Jump (a Ernie Wilkins) * basie was mistitled discommotionon R-52065. 3

# 0135 The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and his Orchestra (1959-1962) Mosaic Discographies on livingwithmusic.com ** On R-52065, the piano introductions of these three numbers were edited. They are restored to their full length here. ___________________________________________________________________________ SWEDEN Marshal Royal (as,cl), Frank Wess (as,ts,fl), Frank Foster (ts), Eric Dixon (ts,fl) Charlie Fowlkes (bari), Thad Jones, Sonny Cohn, Fip Ricard, Al Aarons (tps) Quentin Jackson, Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tbs) Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Ike Isaacs (b), Louis Bellson (d), O.C. Smith-1 and IreneReid-2 (vcls). Dans In, Grona Lund, Stockholm, Sweden August 9, 1962 Set one Corner Pocket (a/c Freddie Green) REP-1049 Little Pony (a/c Neal Hefti) The Elder (a/c Thad Jones) The Diplomat Speaks (a Bob Florence) Set two Li'l Darlin' (a/c Neal Hefti) In A Mellotone (a Frank Foster) Jumpin' At The Woodside (head arr.) Back To The Apple (a Frank Foster) One O'Clock Jump (a Ernie Wilkins) ___________________________________________________________________________ same location and personnel, except add Benny Bailey (tp) for at least the third set. August 10, 1962 Set one Easy Money (a/c Benny Carter) Four, Five, Six (a/c Frank Foster) REP-1049 Ours Alone (a/c Neal Hefti) Mama Dev Blues (a/c Frank Foster) Set two Li'l Darlin' (a/c Neal Hefti) April In Paris (a Wild Bill Davis) R-52099 Little Pony (a/c Neal Hefti) Summer Frost (a/c Frank Wess) Set three For Lena And Lennie (a/c Quincy Jones) Blues In Hoss' Flat (a/c Frank Foster) Bluish Grey (a/c Thad Jones) One O'Clock Jump (a Ernie Wilkins) ___________________________________________________________________________ 4

# 0135 The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and his Orchestra (1959-1962) Mosaic Discographies on livingwithmusic.com same location and personnel, except add Benny Bailey (tp) and Ake Persson (tb) for the second and third sets. August 11, 1962 Set one Ours Alone (a/c Neal Hefti) Bread (a/c Ernie Wilkins) Plymouth Rock (a/c Neal Hefti) R-52099 Be My Guest (a/c Ernie Wilkins) To You (a/c Thad Jones) Cherry Point (a/c Neal Hefti) The Touch Of Your Lips (a Thad Jones) Good Time Blues (a/c Ernie Wilkins) R-52099 Set two Blues Backstage (a/c Frank Foster) R-52099 Splanky (a/c Neal Hefti) Little Pony (a/c Neal Hefti) R-52099 Who, Me? (a/c Frank Foster) R-52099 Sweet And Purty (a/cThad Jones) Set three Blues In Hoss' Flat (a/c Frank Foster) Moten Swing (a Ernie Wilkins) Whirly-Bird (a/c Neal Hefti) One O'Clock Jump (a Ernie Wilkins) ___________________________________________________________________________ same location and personnel. August 12, 1962 Set one Ours Alone (a/c Neal Hefti) Splanky (a/c Neal Hefti) I Got It Bad (a Ernie Wilkins) Peace Pipe (a/c Ernie Wilkins) R-52099 Prelude (a/c George Williams) Sixteen Men Swinging (a/c Ernie Wilkins) Li'l Darlin' (a/c Neal Hefti) The Deacon (a/c Thad Jones) A Little Tempo, Please (a/c Neal Hefti) Person To Person-1 (a Frank Foster) 'Deed I Do (a Frank Foster) The Third Stage (a/c Ernie Wilkins) Backwater Blues-2 (a Frank Foster) R-52099 Almost Like Being In Love-2 (a Marty Paich) Set two 5

# 0135 The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and his Orchestra (1959-1962) Mosaic Discographies on livingwithmusic.com Four, Five, Six (a/c Frank Foster) Royal Blue Counter Block (a/c Thad Jones) Peppermint Pipes (a/c Frank Wess) One Note Samba (a Lalo Schifrin) Slides 'N Hides (a/c Benny Carter-Louis Bellson) Bluish Grey (a/c Thad Jones) Note: Some discographies, most notably Jepsen's and Chris Sheridan's, have a complete list of all the tunes performed during this four-day engagement in Stockholm. Teddy reig recorded very selectively and many of the tunes listed were not recorded at all. A handful of others were rejected because the band was woefully out of tune and/or the ensembles were very ragged. ALBUM INDEX: Roulette R-52028 Breakfast Dance And Barbecue Roulette R-52065 Basie At Birdland Roulette REP 1049 Count Basie Pa Dans In (swedish EP) Roulette R-52099 Basie In Sweden __________________________________________________________________________________

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