For the First Time (Count Basie album)


For the First Time is a 1974 studio album by Count Basie, with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Louie Bellson. Basie, Brown and Bellson followed For the First Time with For the Second Time.

Track listing

  1. "Baby Lawrence" – 3:10
  2. "Pres" – 3:28
  3. "I'll Always Be in Love With You" – 5:54
  4. "Blues in the Church" – 5:00
  5. "Oh, Lady be Good!|Oh, Lady Be Good " – 5:32
  6. "Oh, Lady Be Good " – 3:57
  7. "Blues in the Alley" – 6:44
  8. "As Long as I Live" – 3:33
  9. "Song of the Islands" – 4:51
  10. "Royal Gardens Blues" – 4:28
  11. " Easy Does It" – 4:08
  12. "O.P." – 4:48

    Personnel