Basie Land

1964 studio album by Count Basie

Basie Land is a 1964 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra, of music composed and arranged by Billy Byers.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Basie Land" – 2:16
2. "Big Brother" – 3:43
3. "Count Me In" – 4:32
4. "Wanderlust" – 2:38
5. "Instant Blues" – 4:54
6. "Rabble Rouser" – 3:08
7. "Sassy" – 3:21
8. "Gymnastics" – 2:29
9. "Yuriko" – 4:13
10. "Doodle-Oodle" – 3:16

All music composed by Billy Byers.

Personnel

Radio broadcaster Arch McKirdy with a copy

The Count Basie Orchestra

• Count Basie - piano
• Al Aarons - trumpet
• Sonny Cohn
• Don Rader
• Snooky Young
• Henry Coker - trombone
• Urbie Green
• Grover Mitchell
• Benny Powell
• Marshal Royal - clarinet, alto saxophone
• Frank Foster - flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Frank Wess
• Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Buddy Catlett - double bass
• Sonny Payne - drums
• Billy Byers - arranger, conductor

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (27 February 1965). "Count Basie: Basie Land" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 207. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
3. Basie Land at AllMusic