Count Basie & His Orchestra - V-Disc 369 (1945)

Count Basie p, dir / Harry Edison, Al Killian, Ed Lewis, Joe Newman t / Ted Donnelly, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor, Dicky Wells tb / Elman 'Rudy' Rutherford cl, bar / Jimmy Powell as / Earle Warren as / Buddy Tate, Eli 'Lucky' Thompson ts / Freddy Green g / Rodney Richardson sb / Rossiere ‘Shadow’ Wilson d / Tab Smith a.

Recorded in New York on October 30, 1944.

Count Basie & His Orchestra - Vocalion 4747, 4748, 4860, 5010 (1939)

Here is my contribution to the Basiefest activity that members (thanks David, Mark & Lloyd) of the facebook companion page to this blog have been posting. As always, I'm a day late and a dollar short.

Count Basie p, dir / Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Sweets Edison, Shad Collins t / Dicky Wells, Benny Morton, Dan Minor tb / Earl Warren as / Jack Washington as, bar / Buddy Tate, Lester Young ts / Freddy Green g / Walter Page sb / Joe Jones d / Helen Humes, Jimmy Rushing v.

Recorded in New York on March 19, 1939.

Recorded in New York on April 5, 1939.

Recorded in Chicago on June 24, 1939.