Basie Jam

This article is about the 1973 studio album. For the 1975 live album, see Count Basie Jam Session at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975.

1974 studio album by Count Basie

Basie Jam

Studio album by

Count Basie

Released| 1974
Recorded| 1973
Genre| Jazz
Length| 48:24
Label| Pablo
Producer| Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
| Have a Nice Day
(1971)  | Basie Jam
(1974)  | The Bosses
(1973)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [3]

Basie Jam is a 1973 studio album by Count Basie. This was Basie's first album with Norman Granz' newly founded Pablo Records.[4]

## Track listing

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All music composed by Count Basie

1. "Doubling Blues" – 6:58
2. "Hanging Out" – 9:35
3. "Red Bank Blues" – 9:03
4. "One-Nighter" – 11:45
5. "Freeport Blues" – 11:44

## Personnel

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* Count Basie \- organ, piano
* Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis \- tenor saxophone
* Zoot Sims
* J.J. Johnson \- trombone
* Harry "Sweets" Edison \- trumpet
* Irving Ashby \- guitar
* Ray Brown \- double bass
* Louie Bellson \- drums

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic Review
2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 20\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 93\. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
4. ^ Basie Jam at AllMusic

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Count Basie

Albums|

* The Original American Decca Recordings
* The Count!
* Count Basie and the Kansas City 7
* Basie Swingin' Voices Singin'
* Loose Walk
* Basie Jam
* The Bosses
* For the First Time
* Satch and Josh
* Basie & Zoot
* For the Second Time
* Basie Jam 2
* Basie Jam 3
* Kansas City 5
* The Gifted Ones
* Basie Jam: Montreux '77
* Satch and Josh...Again
* Night Rider
* Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers
* Yessir, That's My Baby
* Kansas City 8: Get Together
* Kansas City 7
* Kansas City 6
* Mostly Blues...and Some Others

Songs|

* "April in Paris"
* "Corner Pocket"
* "Duet"
* "Every Day I Have the Blues"
* "Hey! Jealous Lover"
* "Jumpin' at the Woodside"
* "Lester Leaps In"
* "Li'l Darlin'"
* "One O'Clock Jump"

Related articles|

* Count Basie Orchestra
* Count Basie Theatre
* Paul Robeson Home
* A Classy Pair
* Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
* Digital III at Montreux
* Ella and Basie!
* A Perfect Match
* Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First
* Sinatra at the Sands

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J.J. Johnson

Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release
(except for the film scores)

leader or
co-leader|

* J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946–49)
* Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown/The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1/
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1953–55)
* The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 3 (1955)
* J Is for Jazz (1956)
* First Place (1957)
* Blue Trombone (1957)
* Dial J. J. 5 (1957)
* Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
* J. J. in Person! (1957)
* Really Livin' (1959)
* Trombone and Voices (1960)
* J.J. Inc. (1960)
* A Touch of Satin (1960–61)
* André Previn and J. J. Johnson (1961)
* J. J.'s Broadway (1963)
* Proof Positive (1964)
* J.J.! (1964)
* Goodies (1965)
* Broadway Express (1965)
* The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)
* The Yokohama Concert (with Nat Adderley, 1977)
* Chain Reaction: Yokohama Concert, Vol. 2 (with Nat Adderley, 1977)
* Pinnacles (1979)
* Concepts in Blue (1980)

With
Kai Winding|

* K + J.J. (aka, Nuf Said, 1955)
* Trombone for Two (1955)
* Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (one side each, 1956)
* Jay and Kai + 6 (1956)
* Jay and Kai (1955–57)
* The Great Kai & J. J. (1960)
* Israel (1968)
* Betwixt & Between (1968)
* Stonebone (1969)

Albums

sideman or
arranger/
composer|

* Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955)
* Sayin' Somethin' (Nat Adderley, 1966)
* The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
* Basie Jam (Count Basie, 1973)
* The Bosses (Count Basie/"Big Joe" Turner, 1973)
* Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1969)
* I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964)
* New York Slick (Ron Carter, 1979)
* Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50)
* Young Man with a Horn/Miles Davis Volume 1/Miles Davis Volume 2 (1952)
* Summertime (Paul Desmond, 1968)
* Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955)
* At the Opera House (Ella Fitzgerald, 1957)
* The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1949)
* Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie, 1951)
* Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
* Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
* Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960)
* The Modern Touch (Benny Golson, 1957)
* The Hawk Flies High (Coleman Hawkins, 1957)
* Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958)
* And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
* The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (John Lewis, 1955)
* The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff, 1966)
* Happenings (Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson, 1966)
* Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1965–66)
* Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
* Charlie Parker on Dial (1947)
* Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
* Alfie (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
* Carnival of the Spirits (Moacir Santos, 1975)
* New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964)
* Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
* The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965)
* Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
* The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965)
* What's New!!! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
* Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)

Film
scores|

* Man and Boy (1971)
* Across 110th Street (1972)
* Top of the Heap (1972)
* Cleopatra Jones (1973)
* Willie Dynamite (1974)

Discography

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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