Basie in London

Basie in London
Live album by Count Basie
Released	1956
Recorded	September 7, 1956, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:24
Label	Verve
Count Basie chronology
Hall of Fame (1956) Basie in London (1956) One O'Clock Jump (1957)

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Allmusic	[1]

Basie in London is a 1956 live album by Count Basie and his orchestra, recorded (despite the inaccurate album title) in Gothenburg, Sweden.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie, Jon Hendricks) – 3:38
2. "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster) – 5:19
3. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 3:37
4. "Nails" (Buster Harding) – 6:24
5. "Flute Juice" (Ernie Wilkins) – 3:09
6. "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie, Eddie Durham) – 1:39
7. "Alright, Okay, You Win" (Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche) – 2:50
8. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) – 2:32
9. "The Comeback" (Charles Frazier) – 4:08
10. "Blues Backstage" (Foster) – 4:27
11. "Corner Pocket" (Freddie Green, Donald Wolf) – 4:45
12. "Blee Blop Blues" (A. K. Salim) – 2:26
13. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 3:16
14. "Untitled" – 5:11
15. "Sixteen Men Swinging" (Wilkins) – 2:48
16. "Plymouth Rock" (Neal Hefti) – 6:11

Personnel

The Count Basie Orchestra

• Joe Williams - vocals
• Count Basie - piano
• Frank Foster - reeds
• Charlie Fowlkes
• Bill Graham
• Marshal Royal
• Frank Wess
• Henry Coker - trombone
• Matthew Gee
• Benny Powell
• Wendell Culley - trumpet
• Reunald Jones
• Thad Jones
• Joe Newman
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Eddie Jones - double bass
• Sonny Payne - drums

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. Basie in London at AllMusic