Basie and Eckstine, Inc.

Infobox Album | Name = Basie and Eckstine, Inc.
Type = Studio
Artist = Billy Eckstine
Count Basie


Released = 1959
Recorded =
Genre = Jazz
Length = 37:46
Label = Roulette Records
Producer = Michael Cuscuna
Reviews = *
Last album = "Imagination"
(1958)
This album = "Basie and Eckstine, Inc."
(1959)
Next album = "Billy and Sarah"
(1959) |

Basie and Eckstine, Inc. is a 1959 album featuring Billy Eckstine and the Count Basie Orchestra. It was released by Roulette Records, then later reissued by Capital Records.

Track listing

# "Stormy Monday Blues" (T-Bone Walker) - 3:11
# "Lonesome Lover Blues" (Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine) - 3:08
# "Blues, the Mother of Sin" (Eckstine, Sid Kuller) - 3:41
# "Jelly, Jelly" (Eckstine, Earl Hines) - 3:02
# "Don't Cry Baby" (James P. Johnson, Saul Bernie, Stella Unger) - 3:31
# "Trav'lin' All Alone" (J.C. Johnson) - 2:54
# "Little Mama" (Eckstine, Kuller) - 3:29
# "I Want a Little Girl" (Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) - 3:25
# "Drifting" (Charles Brown, Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, Eddie Williams) - 3:59
# "Song of the Wanderer" (Neil Moret) - 3:22
# "Piano Man" (Eckstine, Kuller) - 4:04

Personnel

* Billy Eckstine - vocals
* Count Basie - bandleader
* Quincy Jones - arranger
* Thad Jones - arranger
* Bobby Tucker - arranger
* Michael Cuscuna - producer