Basie's Beat
Basie's Beat is a 1967 album by Count Basie Count [Basie Orchestra|and his orchestra].
The trombonist Richard Boone sings on two of the tracks, "Boone's Blues" and "I Got Rhythm".
Track listing
- "It's Only a Paper Moon" – 2:43
- "Squeeze Me" – 4:56
- "St. Louis Blues" – 5:26
- "I Got Rhythm" – 2:37
- "Frankie and Johnny" – 3:43
- "Boone's Blues" – 2:50
- "St. Thomas" – 3:06
- "Hey Jim" – 4:10
- "Happy House" – 4:23
- "Makin' Whoopee" – 5:09
Personnel
- The Count Basie Orchestra
- Count Basie – piano, arranger
- Richard Boone – vocals, trombone
- Bobby Plater, Marshall Royal – alto saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
- Norman Keenan – double bass
- Ed Shaughnessy, Rufus Jones – drums
- Freddie Green – guitar
- Billy Mitchell, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric [Dixon |Eric Dixon], Marshall Brown – tenor saxophone
- Al Grey, Grover Mitchell, Harlan Floyd, Henderson Chambers – trombone
- Bill Hughes – bass trombone
- Al Aarons, Gene Goe, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Phil Guilbeau, Sonny Cohn, Wallace Davenport – trumpet
- Acy R. Lehman – cover design
- Phil Ramone, Bob Arnold – engineer
- Val Valentin – director of engineering
- Stanley Dance – liner notes
- Chuck Stewart – photography
- Teddy Reig – producer