Memories Ad Lib

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Released 1959 Artist Count Basie Producer Teddy Reig		Length 34:27 Release date 1959 Genre Jazz

Recorded October 16-18, 1958New York City Memories Ad-Lib(1958) Basie One More Time(1959) Memories Ad-Lib(1958) Everyday I Have the Blues(1959) Label Marathon Media International Ltd. Similar Count Basie Swings - J, Everyday I Have the Blues, Basie/Eckstine Incorporated, String Along with Basie, Chairman of the Board

Memories Ad-Lib is an album by singer Joe Williams with Count Basie featuring tracks recorded in 1958 which was originally released on the Roulette label. It is notable for featuring several short solo passages by rhythm guitarist Freddie Green.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Ken Dryden states, "it will be greatly appreciated by fans of Count Basie and Joe Williams".

Track listing

"Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 3:27
"I'll Always Be in Love With You" (Bud Green, Herman Ruby, Sam H. Stept) - 2:45
"Sweet Sue, Just You" (Victor Young, Will J. Harris) - 2:20
"If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" (James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer) - 3:10
"Dinah" (Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) - 3:20
"Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 2:49 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) - 2:22
"Call Me Darling (Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear)" (Dorothy Dick, Mort Fryberg, Rolf Marbet, Bert Reisfeld) - 3:06
"The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 2:40
"Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Razaf) - 3:22
"Honeysuckle Rose" (Waller, Razaf) - 2:26
"All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue