1939-1951
Count Basie And His Orchestra
ベイシーがデッカ・レーベルを離れてからＲＣＡレーベルと契約するまで間に、ヴォカリオン，ＯＫ，ＣＢＳ等のレーベルに残したセッションからセレクションした日本独自監修のLP２枚組アルバムで、(23)～(30)はコンボ演奏。
SP時代のオールド・ベイシーのセッションの一部を集約したLP盤として、記録的価値はあります。
ひとつだけ年代が離れている1951年の(22)は、ＲＣＡとの契約終了後のニュー・ベイシーによる初セッションのうちの一曲で、アルバム「"8 & 16"」にも収録されています。
大好き度：★★★
◎なかでもこの１曲！ → 「Fiesta In Blue」
バック・クレイトンのワイルドなプランジャー・ソロをフュチャーした異色のナンバー。
この時期のベイシー・バンドとしては珍しく、スイング一辺倒ではなく転調やリズム・アウトもあるアンサンブルが新鮮です。
1.Rock-A-Bye Basie
2.Baby, Don't Tell On Me
3.Miss Thing Part 1&2
4.I Left My Baby
5.Volcano
6.Let's Make Hey While The Moon Shines
7.Gone With "What" Wind
8.Super Chief
9.The World Is Mad Part 1&2
10.What's Your Number
11.Jump The Blues Away
12.9.20 Special
13.Feedin' The Bean
14.Goin' To Chicago Blues
15.Fiesta In Blue
16.Something New
17.Harvard Blues
18.One O'Clock Jump
19.Rambo (Bambo)
20.Stay Cool
21.The King
22.Little Pony
23.How Long Blues
24.Royal Garden Blues
25.Bugle Blues
26.Sugar Blues
27.Farewell Blues
28.Cafe Society Blues
29.Way Back Blues
30.St.Louis Blues
(1)～(2) Mar.19,1939, NewYork
(3) Apr.5,1939, NewYork
(4)～(5) Nov.6,1939, NewYork
Ed Lewis,Shad Cllins,Back Clayton,Harry Edison:trumpet
Dickie ells,Benny Morton,Dan Minor:trombone
Earle Warren:alto sax
Lester Young,Buddy Tate:tenor sax
Jack Washington:baritone sax,alto sax
Count Basie:piano
Freddie Greene:guitar
Walter Page:bass
Jo Jones:drums
Jimmy Rushing:vocal
(6) Mar.19,1940, NewYork
Ed Lewis,Al Killian,Back Clayton,Harry Edison:trumpet
Dickie ells,Vic Dickenson,Dan Minor:trombone
Earle Warren:alto sax
Lester Young,Buddy Tate:tenor sax
Jack Washington:baritone sax,alto sax
Count Basie:piano
Freddie Greene:guitar
Walter Page:bass
Jo Jones:drums
Jimmy Rushing:vocal
(7)～(8) May.31,1940, New York
(9) Aug.8,1940, Chicago
(10) Oct.30,1940, New York
Ed Lewis,Al Killian,Back Clayton,Harry Edison:trumpet
Dickie Wells,Vic Dickenson,Dan Minor:trombone
Earle Warren:alto sax
Tab Smith:soprano sax,alto sax
Lester Young,Buddy Tate:tenor sax
Jack Washington:baritone sax,alto sax
Count Basie:piano
Freddie Greene:guitar
Walter Page:bass
Jo Jones:drums
Jimmy Rushing:vocal
(11) Jan.28,1941, New York
Ed Lewis,Al Killian,Harry Edison,Back Clayton:trumpet
Ed Cuffee,Dan Minor,Dickie ells:trombone
Earle Warren,Tab Smith:alto sax
Buddy Tate,Don Byas:tenor sax
Jack Washington:baritone sax
Count Basie:piano
Freddie Greene:guitar
Walter Page:bass
Jo Jones:drums
(12)～(14) Apr.10,1941, Chicago
Ed Lewis,Al Killian,Harry Edison,Back Clayton:trumpet
Ed Cuffee,Dan Minor,Dickie Wells:trombone
Earle Warren,Tab Smith:alto sax
Buddy Tate,Don Byas,Coleman Hawkins:tenor sax
Jack Washington:baritone sax
Count Basie:piano
Freddie Greene:guitar
Walter Page:bass
Jo Jones:drums
Jimmy Rushing:vocal
(15) Sep.24,1941, New York
(16) Oct.1,1941, New York
(17) Nov.17,1941, New York
(18) Jan.21,1942, New York
Ed Lewis,Al Killian,Harry Edison,Back Clayton:trumpet
Dickie Wells,Robert Scott,Eli Robinson:trombone
Earle Warren:alto sax
Tab Smith:soprano sax,alto sax
Buddy Tate,Don Byas:tenor sax
Jack Washington:baritone sax
Count Basie:piano
Freddie Greene:guitar
Walter Page:bass
Jo Jones:drums
Jimmy Rushing:vocal
(23)～(30) Jul.24,1942, Hollywood
Count Basie:piano
Freddie Greene:guitar
Walter Page:bass
Jo Jones:drums
Back Clayton:trumpet
Don Byas:tenor sax
(19)～(21) Feb.4,1946, New York
Ed Lewis,Harry Edison,Joe Newman,Emmett Berry,:trumpet
George Matthews,J.J.Johnson,Eli Robinson,Ted Donelly:trombone
Earle Warren,Jimmy Powell:alto sax
Buddy Tate,Illinois Jacquet:tenor sax
Rudy Rutherford:baritone sax,clarinet
Count Basie:piano
Freddie Greene:guitar
Rodney Richardson:bass
Jo Jones:drums
(22) Apr.10,1951, New York
Lammar Wright,Al Porcino,Clark Terry,Bob Mitchell:trumpet
Bootie Wood,Leon Comegys,Matthew Gee:trombone
Marshall Royal,Rubin,Phillips:alto sax
Wardell Gray,Lucky Thompson:tenor sax
Charlie Fowlkes:baritone sax
Count Basie:piano
Freddie Greene:guitar
Jimmy Lewis:bass
Gus Johnson:drums