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Released
  
1966

Label
  
Command Records

Producers
  
Bobby Byrne, Teddy Reig

Release date
  
1966

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
August 18 and September 7 & 8, 1966 Finesound Studio, New York

Broadway Basie's...Way (1966)
  
Hollywood...Basie's Way (1967)

Artists
  
Count Basie, Count Basie Orchestra

Similar
  
Count Basie Orchestra albums, Jazz albums

Broadway Basie's...Way is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring performances of Broadway musical songs recorded in 1966 and released on the Command label.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars stating "On this often unlistenable set, the Count Basie Orchestra plays unimaginative arrangements of a dozen Broadway show tunes".

Track listing

  1. "Hello Young Lovers" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:05
  2. "A Lot of Livin' to Do" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) - 3:01
  3. "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 3:06
  4. "Mame" (Jerry Herman) - 3:14
  5. "On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) - 2:42
  6. "It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) - 2:35
  7. "On the Street Where You Live" (Frederick Loewe, Lerner) - 2:48
  8. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:22
  9. "From This Moment On" (Porter) - 2:40
  10. "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) - 3:01
  11. "People" (Styne, Bob Merrill) - 2:33
  12. "Everything's Coming up Roses" (Styne, Stephen Sondheim) - 3:10
  • Recorded at Finesound Studios in New York on August 18, 1966 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7), September 7, 1966 (track 4) and September 8, 1966 (tracks 2, 6 & 8-12)

    • Personnel

  • Count Basie - piano
  • Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Roy Eldridge, Gene Goe - trumpet
  • Richard Boone, Harlan Floyd, Grover Mitchell - trombone
  • Bill Hughes - bass trombone
  • Bobby Plater - alto saxophone, flute
  • Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone, flute
  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
  • Freddie Green - guitar
  • Norman Keenan - bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy - drums
  • Chico O'Farrill - arranger

    • References

    Broadway Basie's...Way Wikipedia
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