Count Basie

AShoeshine Swing
BLady Be Good (36)

Label: Vocalion
Catalogue number: S68
Genre: Jazz
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #7871

Count Basie's 'Shoeshine Swing' and 'Lady Be Good' are prized early sides from the debut period of his band in the mid-1930s, issued here on UK Vocalion.

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Count Basie

A9:20 Special
BBasie Boogie

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AApril in Paris
BRoll 'em Pete

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ACafe Society Blues
BSt Louis Blues

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AHallelujah I love her so
BTell me your troubles

Count Basie's 'Hallelujah I Love Her So' and 'Tell Me Your Troubles' on Roulette. Basie is canonical; Roulette pressings are common.AI summary

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AHallelujah I love her so
BTell me your troubles

Count Basie with Hallelujah I Love Her So and Tell Me Your Troubles on Roulette 4103.AI summary

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AIt's torture
BI want a little girl

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AJitters
BRoyal garden blues

Count Basie performing 'Jitters' and 'Royal Garden Blues' on Parlophone DPE118, a British release of the great swing orchestra.AI summary

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AMoten swing
BLouisiana

Count Basie's orchestra on Parlophone, 'Moten Swing' and 'Louisiana'—two classic sides from the Kansas City swing orchestra that became one of the most important big bands in American jazz history.AI summary

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Count Basie

AOne O'Clock Boogie
BMeet Me at No Special Place

Count Basie, the legendary jazz pianist and bandleader, on His Master's Voice. 'One O'Clock Boogie' and 'Meet Me at No Special Place' are recordings from his Basie orchestra.AI summary

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Count Basie

AOne O'Clock Jump
BWiggle Wiggle

Count Basie, the legendary American jazz bandleader, performing two big-band swinging numbers on Parlophone, a British pressing of American jazz.AI summary

Parlophone R2951 Jazz

Count Basie

ARoyal garden blues
BSong of the islands

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Count Basie

ATaxi War Dance
BTwelfth Street Rag

Count Basie's 'Taxi War Dance' and 'Twelfth Street Rag', on Parlophone R2862; these are reissues of Basie's early swing-era recordings, among the most influential big-band sides of the 1930s.AI summary

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ATell me your troubles
BHallelujah I love her so

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