Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings

Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
Studio album by Joe Williams
Released 1956
Recorded Jul 26, 1955-Jun 27, 1956
Genre Mainstream jazz
Vocal jazz
Swing
Traditional pop
Big band music
Length 39:39
Label Verve
Producer Norman Granz
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Joe Williams chronology
A Night at Count Basie's
(1955)		 Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
(1956)		 Joe Williams Sings Everyday
(1957)

Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings is a 1956 album by the American jazz and blues singer Joe Williams, with the Count Basie Orchestra.

Track listing

  1. "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 5:29
  2. "The Come Back" (Charles Frazier) – 5:28
  3. "Alright, Okay, You Win" (Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche) – 3:05
  4. "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)" (Leroy Carr, Don Raye) – 3:38
  5. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) – 3:12
  6. "Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul) – 3:04
  7. "My Baby Upsets Me" (Joe Williams) – 2:58
  8. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) – 3:33
  9. "Ev'ry Day" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 3:48
  10. "As Long as I Love You" (Bernie Moten, Henri Woode) – 3:06
  11. "Stop! Don't!" (George Ronald Brown) – 2:36
  12. "Too Close for Comfort" (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) – 2:53

Personnel

Recorded August 1956, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA:

v · Count Basie Orchestra
Members

Sammy Nestico (Tenor Sax) · Joe Williams (Vocals) · Earle Warren (Alto Sax/Occasional Singer) · Preston Love (Alto Sax) · Reunald Jones (Trumpet) · Neal Hefti, (Trumpet) · Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet) · Joe Newman (Trumpet) · Lester Young (Tenor Sax) · Herschel Evans (Tenor Sax) · Jo Jones (Drums) · Walter Page (Bass) · Freddie Green (Guitar) · Billie Holiday (Vocals) · Buck Clayton (Trumpet) · Jimmy Rushing (Vocals) · Marshall Royal (Alto Sax) · Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Tenor Sax) · Thad Jones (Trumpet) · Al Grey (Trombone) · John Clayton (Bass) · Cleveland Eaton (Bass) · Dennis Rowland (Vocals) · Chris Murrell (vocals) Dave Gibson (Drums) Rich Thompson (Drums) · Jack Washington (Baritone Sax) · Butch Miles (Drums) · Sonny Payne (Drums) · Frank Foster (Tenor Sax) · George Caldwell (Piano) • Charlton Johnson (Guitar) • Tony Suggs (Piano) • Scotty Barnhart (Trumpet) • James Leary (Bass) • Brian Gryce (Drums) • Will Matthews (guitar)
1951–1960

Dance Session (1952–54, Clef) · Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (with Joe Williams|) (1955, Clef) · April in Paris (1955–56, Verve) · The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards (with Joe Williams) (1956, Verve) · Basie in London (live) (1956, Verve) · One O'Clock Jump (with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald) (1957, Verve) · Count Basie at Newport (live) (1957, Verve) · E = MC² (1958, Roulette) · Basie Plays Hefti (1958, Roulette) · No Count Sarah (with Sarah Vaughan) (1958, EmArcy) · Chairman of the Board (1958, Roulette) · Welcome to the Club (Nat King Cole) (1959, Capitol) · Basie and Eckstine, Inc. (with Billy Eckstine) (1959, Roulette) · Strike Up the Band (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Roulette) · In Person! (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Columbia) · Everyday I Have the Blues (with Joe Williams) (1959, Roulette) · The Count Basie Story (1960, Roulette)
1961–1970

First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with Duke Ellington) (1961, Columbia) · The Legend (1961, Roulette) · Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (with Sarah Vaughan) (1961, Roulette) · Basie at Birdland (live) (1961, Roulette) · On My Way and Shoutin' Again! (Verve, 1963) · Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (with Frank Sinatra) (1962, Reprise) · Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! (1963, Verve) · This Time by Basie: Hits of the '50s and '60s (1963, Verve) · Ella and Basie! (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1963, Verve) · Basie Land (1964, Verve) · It Might as Well Be Swing (with Frank Sinatra) (1964, Reprise) · Basie Picks the Winners (1965, Verve) · Our Shining Hour (with Sammy Davis, Jr.) (1965, Verve) · Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (with Arthur Prysock) (1965, Verve) · Basie's Beatle Bag (1965, Verve) · Basie Meets Bond (1966, Capitol) · Sinatra at the Sands (live, with Frank Sinatra) (1966, Reprise) · Basie's Beat (1967, Verve) · Half a Sixpence (1967, Dot) · The Board of Directors (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) · The Board of Directors Annual Report (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) · Basie Straight Ahead (1969, Dot) · Standing Ovation (1969, Dot) · Afrique (1970, RCA Victor)
1971–1980

Bing 'n' Basie (with Bing Crosby) (Daybreak, 1972) · Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (live) (1972, Pablo) · The Bosses (with Big Joe Turner) (1973, Pablo) · Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo) · Fun Time (1975, Pablo) · I Told You So (1976, Pablo) · Prime Time (1977, Pablo)  · Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) · Live in Japan '78 (live) (1978, Pablo) · On the Road (1979, Pablo) · Digital III at Montreux (live) (1979, Pablo) · A Classy Pair (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) · A Perfect Match (live, with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) Kansas City Shout (1980, Pablo) ·
1981–1990

Warm Breeze (1981, Pablo) · Send in the Clowns (Sarah Vaughan) (1981, Pablo) · Farmer's Market Barbecue (1982, Pablo) · 88 Basie Street (1983, Pablo) · Me and You (1983, Pablo) · Fancy Pants (final album with Count Basie) (1983, Pablo) · Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon) · Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (live, with Diane Schuur) (1987, GRP) · The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon) ·
1991–2000

The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.) · The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc) · Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc) · Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel) · At Long Last (with Rosemary Clooney) (1998, Concord) Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA) · Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)
2001–present

Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006, Concord) · Basie is Back (2007, MAMA) · Midnight in Manhattan (2007, Aspirion) A Swingin' Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band) (with Tony Bennett) (2008, Columbia)
Small group sessions

Basie Jam (1973, Pablo) · For the First Time (1974, Pablo) · Basie & Zoot (with Zoot Sims) (1975, Pablo) · For the Second Time (1975, Pablo) · Basie Jam 2 (1976, Pablo) · Basie Jam 3 (1976, Pablo) · Kansas City 5 (1977, Pablo) · The Gifted Ones (with Dizzy Gillespie) (1977, Pablo) · Basie Jam: Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) · Satch and Josh...Again (with Oscar Peterson) (1977, Pablo) · Night Rider (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Yessir, That's My Baby (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Kansas City 7 (1980, Pablo) · Kansas City 6 (1981, Pablo) · Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983, Pablo) ·

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