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Mostly Blues...and Some Others

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Released
  
1983

Length
  
44:42

Artist
  
Count Basie

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
June 22, 1983

Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983)
  
Fancy Pants (1983)

Release date
  
1983

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

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Similar
  
Basie Jam 3, Basie Jam 2, The Bosses, Basie Jam: Montreux '77, Yessir - That's My Baby

Mostly Blues...and Some Others is a 1983 studio album by Count Basie. This was his last recording and last album before he died in 1984.

Contents

Track listing

1. "I'll Always Be in Love with You" (Bud Green, Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 5:57
(Note: the actual length of "I'll Always Be in Love with You" is 08:13 in spite of the official Pablo information)
2. "Snooky" (Count Basie) – 3:42
3. "Blues for Charlie Christian" (Basie) – 5:24
4. "Jaws" (Basie) – 5:34
5. "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 4:29
6. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:58
7. "Blues in C" (Louis Bellson, Benny Carter, Art Tatum) – 6:58
8. "Brio" (Basie, Joe Pass) – 4:42

Personnel

  • Count Basie - piano
  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
  • Snooky Young - trumpet
  • Freddie Green - guitar
  • Joe Pass - guitar
  • John Heard - double bass
  • Roy McCurdy - drums
  • Known as "The Kansas City Septem"

    Songs

    1I'll Always Be In Love With You8:10
    2Snooky3:42
    3Blues For Charlie Christian5:24

    References

    Mostly Blues...and Some Others Wikipedia