Mostly Blues...and Some Others

Mostly Blues...and Some Others
Studio album by Count Basie
Released	1983
Recorded	June 22, 1983
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:42
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Me and You (1983) Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983) Fancy Pants (1983)

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Mostly Blues...and Some Others is a 1983 studio album by Count Basie. ^[2] This was his last recording and last album before he died in 1984.

Track listing

1. "I'll Always Be in Love with You" (Bud Green, Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 5:57

(Note: the actual length of "I'll Always Be in Love with You" is 08:13 in spite of the official Pablo information)

1. "Snooky" (Count Basie) – 3:42
2. "Blues for Charlie Christian" (Basie) – 5:24
3. "Jaws" (Basie) – 5:34
4. "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 4:29
5. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:58
6. "Blues in C" (Louis Bellson, Benny Carter, Art Tatum) – 6:58
7. "Brio" (Basie, Joe Pass) – 4:42

Personnel

• Count Basie - piano
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
• Snooky Young - trumpet
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Joe Pass - guitar
• John Heard - double bass
• Roy McCurdy - drums

Known as "The Kansas City Septem"

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Mostly Blues...and Some Others at AllMusic