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Memories Ad Lib

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Released
  
1959

Artist
  
Count Basie

Producer
  
Teddy Reig

Length
  
34:27

Release date
  
1959

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
October 16-18, 1958 New 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.

Contents

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

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

Personnel

  • Joe Williams - vocals
  • Count Basie - organ
  • Harry Edison - trumpet
  • Freddie Green - guitar
  • George Duvivier - bass
  • Jimmy Crawford - drums

    • Songs

    1Ain't Misbehavin'Joe Williams3:31
    2I'll Always Be In Love With YouJoe Williams2:50
    3Sweet Sue - Just YouJoe Williams2:24

    References

    Memories Ad-Lib Wikipedia
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