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Take Me Back Baby

Count Basie

1941
The Count Basie Orchestra. Jimmy Rushing - Vocals

Take Me Back Baby

Quick Sands

Count Basie

1943
Count Basie and his Orchestra, with Ethel Waters - vocals

Quick Sands

One O'Clock Jump

Count Basie

FilmUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 4127

Basie's Conversation, One O'Clock Jump, Basie's Boogie, If I Could Be With You, Count 'Em, I Cried For You*

Count Basie

1950
Includes Clark Terry - trumpet, Wardell Gray - saxophone, Buddy DeFranco - clarinet. *With Helen Humes - vocals

Basie's Conversation, One O'Clock Jump, Basie's Boogie, If I Could Be With You, Count 'Em, I Cried For You*

Count Basie

Short films made for TVUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 4755

One O'Clock Jump, April In Paris, Instrumental

Count Basie

1956
Filmed Birdland, New York, July 22, 1956. Count Basie and his Orchestra. With Steve Allen - piano

One O'Clock Jump, April In Paris, Instrumental

Count Basie

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 6981

One O'Clock Jump

Open All Night (aka Fast And Happy Blues), Dickie's Dream, The Count Blues

Count Basie

1957
Filmed December 8, 1957. Count Basie All Stars. Includes - Joe Newman, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Count Basie, Freddie Green, Eddie Jones, Jo Jones

Open All Night (aka Fast And Happy Blues), Dickie's Dream, The Count Blues

Count Basie

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 4148

Roll 'Em Pete, How High The Moon, Back To The Apple

Count Basie

1959
First broadcast November 22, 1959. The Count Basie Orchestra, with Joe Williams - vocals

Roll 'Em Pete, How High The Moon, Back To The Apple

Count Basie

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 20910

One O'Clock Jump, Whirly-Bird

Count Basie

1960
First broadcast May 29, 1960. The Count Basie Orchestra

One O'Clock Jump, Whirly-Bird

Count Basie

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 24048

A Little Tempo Please, Ol' Man River

Count Basie

1961
Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France, July 1961. The Count Basie Orchestra

A Little Tempo Please, Ol' Man River

Count Basie

Concert filmFranceB&WLive performanceEntry id = 18268

I Needs To Be Bee'd With, Four-Five-Six

Count Basie

1962
Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island, July 8, 1962. The Count Basie Orchestra, including Quentin Jackson, Thad Jones, Eric Dixon

I Needs To Be Bee'd With, Four-Five-Six

Count Basie

Concert filmUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 1532

I Hear Music Medley

Count Basie

1963
First broadcast November 10, 1963. With Judy Garland

I Hear Music Medley

Count Basie

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 7557

Splanky, One O'Clock Jump

Count Basie

1963
First broadcast November 21, 1963. Count Basie and his Band

Splanky, One O'Clock Jump

Count Basie

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 14875

This May Be The Start Of Something Big, April In Paris

Count Basie

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 24859

Summertime

Count Basie

1965
First broadcast October 16, 1965. The Count Basie Orchestra

Summertime

Count Basie

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 6908

Jingle Bells

Count Basie

1966
First broadcast December 18, 1966. The Count Basie Orchestra

Jingle Bells

Count Basie

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 22869

Blues For Eileen, Cherokee, Night in Tunisia, The Kid From Red Bank, Magic Flea, Jumping At The Woodside

Count Basie

1968
Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France, July 23, 1968. The Count Basie Orchestra, includes Eddie Lockdaw Davis, Oscar Brashear, Harold Jones

Blues For Eileen, Cherokee, Night in Tunisia, The Kid From Red Bank, Magic Flea, Jumping At The Woodside

Count Basie

Concert filmFranceB&WLive performanceEntry id = 18272

I Don't Know, Handful Of Keys, Untitled Blues, Squeeze Me, Twenty Minutes After Three, As Long As I Live, If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), National Educational Television Blues

Count Basie

1968
First broadcast August 21, 1968. Count Basie - piano, Freddie Green - guitar, Norman Keenan - bass, Sonny Payne - drums

I Don't Know, Handful Of Keys, Untitled Blues, Squeeze Me, Twenty Minutes After Three, As Long As I Live, If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), National Educational Television Blues

Count Basie

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 15123

Cute, Lil' Darlin', Cherokee, Boone's Blues, April In Paris

New Orleans Jazz Festival 1969

Count Basie

1969
New Orleans Jazz Festival, June 1969. The Count Basie Orchestra. Featuring Eddie Lockjaw Davis - saxophone, Richard Boone - vocals

Cute, Lil' Darlin', Cherokee, Boone's Blues, April In Paris

New Orleans Jazz Festival 1969

Count Basie

Concert filmUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 3841

Big Stuff, The Python, It Could Happen To You, From This Moment On, The Spirit Is Willing, Cherry Point

Count Basie

1972
Televised concert, Copenhagen, April 18, 1972. The Count Basie Orchestra

Big Stuff, The Python, It Could Happen To You, From This Moment On, The Spirit Is Willing, Cherry Point

Count Basie

TV showDenmarkColourLive performanceEntry id = 17731

Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'*

Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly

Count Basie

1973
First broadcast February 11, 1973. Tribute to Duke Ellington TV special. *With Joe Williams - vocals

Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'*

Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly

Count Basie

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 12499

Instrumentals including Pretty Girl, Corner Pocket, What's New, I Don't Stand The Ghost Of A Chance, Jumpin' At The Woodside, One O'Clock Jump

The Big Bands Live From The Dorchester

Count Basie

1974
Filmed Dorchester Hotel, London, 1974. The Count Basie Orchestra, Includes Sonny Payne, Eddie Lockjaw Davis

Instrumentals including Pretty Girl, Corner Pocket, What's New, I Don't Stand The Ghost Of A Chance, Jumpin' At The Woodside, One O'Clock Jump

The Big Bands Live From The Dorchester

Count Basie

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 6980

Instrumental, Jumpin' At the Woodside

Count Basie

1974
November 8, 1974. The Count Basie Orchestra

Instrumental, Jumpin' At the Woodside

Count Basie

Concert filmCzech RepublicColourLive performanceEntry id = 17233

Billie's Bounce, Montreux Blues I, Lester Leaps In, Montreux Blues II

1975
Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 1975. Roy Eldridge - trumpet, Johnny Griffin - saxophone, Milt Jackson - vibraphone, Count Basie - Piano, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass, Louis Bellson - drums

Billie's Bounce, Montreux Blues I, Lester Leaps In, Montreux Blues II

Montreux Jazz Festival 1975

Count Basie

Concert filmSwitzerlandColourLive performanceEntry id = 13405

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Take Me Back Baby

Take Me Back Baby

Quick Sands

Quick Sands

One O'Clock Jump

One O'Clock Jump

Basie's Conversation, One O'Clock Jump, Basie's Boogie, If I Could Be With You, Count 'Em, I Cried For You*

Basie's Conversation, One O'Clock Jump, Basie's Boogie, If I Could Be With You, Count 'Em, I Cried For You*

One O'Clock Jump, April In Paris, Instrumental

One O'Clock Jump, April In Paris, Instrumental

One O'Clock Jump

One O'Clock Jump

Open All Night (aka Fast And Happy Blues), Dickie's Dream, The Count Blues

Open All Night (aka Fast And Happy Blues), Dickie's Dream, The Count Blues

Roll 'Em Pete, How High The Moon, Back To The Apple

Roll 'Em Pete, How High The Moon, Back To The Apple

One O'Clock Jump, Whirly-Bird

One O'Clock Jump, Whirly-Bird

A Little Tempo Please, Ol' Man River

A Little Tempo Please, Ol' Man River

I Needs To Be Bee'd With, Four-Five-Six

I Needs To Be Bee'd With, Four-Five-Six

I Hear Music Medley

I Hear Music Medley

Splanky, One O'Clock Jump

Splanky, One O'Clock Jump

This May Be The Start Of Something Big, April In Paris

This May Be The Start Of Something Big, April In Paris

Summertime

Summertime

Jingle Bells

Jingle Bells

Blues For Eileen, Cherokee, Night in Tunisia, The Kid From Red Bank, Magic Flea, Jumping At The Woodside

Blues For Eileen, Cherokee, Night in Tunisia, The Kid From Red Bank, Magic Flea, Jumping At The Woodside

I Don't Know, Handful Of Keys, Untitled Blues, Squeeze Me, Twenty Minutes After Three, As Long As I Live, If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), National Educational Television Blues

I Don't Know, Handful Of Keys, Untitled Blues, Squeeze Me, Twenty Minutes After Three, As Long As I Live, If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), National Educational Television Blues

Cute, Lil' Darlin', Cherokee, Boone's Blues, April In Paris

Cute, Lil' Darlin', Cherokee, Boone's Blues, April In Paris

Big Stuff, The Python, It Could Happen To You, From This Moment On, The Spirit Is Willing, Cherry Point

Big Stuff, The Python, It Could Happen To You, From This Moment On, The Spirit Is Willing, Cherry Point

Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'*

Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'*

Instrumentals including Pretty Girl, Corner Pocket, What's New, I Don't Stand The Ghost Of A Chance, Jumpin' At The Woodside, One O'Clock Jump

Instrumentals including Pretty Girl, Corner Pocket, What's New, I Don't Stand The Ghost Of A Chance, Jumpin' At The Woodside, One O'Clock Jump

Instrumental, Jumpin' At the Woodside

Instrumental, Jumpin' At the Woodside

Billie's Bounce, Montreux Blues I, Lester Leaps In, Montreux Blues II

Billie's Bounce, Montreux Blues I, Lester Leaps In, Montreux Blues II

Take The A Train, Instrumentals

Take The A Train, Instrumentals