Lullaby of Birdland - Count Basie, Shearing, George
Why Not? - Count Basie, Hefti, Neal
Basie Talks - Count Basie, Guarnieri, Johnny
Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie, Basie, Count
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Count Basie, Daugherty, Doc
Every Tub - Count Basie, Basie, Count
Every Day I Have the Blues - Count Basie, Chatman, Peter
Shake, Rattle & Roll - Count Basie, Calhoun, Charles E.
Dinner with Friends - Count Basie, Hefti, Neal
Lullaby of Birdland - Count Basie, Shearing, George
Shearing Hits Medley: East of the Sun; Roses of Picardy; I'll Remembe - Count Basie,
Jumpin' with Symphony Sid - Count Basie, Young, Lester [Saxo
George Shearing Speaks - Count Basie,
The Man I Love - Count Basie, Gershwin, George
Yesterdays - Count Basie, Harbach, Otto
Mambo Inn - Count Basie, Bauza, Mario
Track Listings (19) - Disc #2
Little Pony - Count Basie, Hefti, Neal
Easy Living - Count Basie, Rainger, Ralph
Blues (I Still Think of Her) - Count Basie, Traditional
Blee Blop Blues - Count Basie, Basie, Count
I Get a Kick Out of You - Count Basie, Porter, Cole
Laura - Count Basie, Mercer, Johnny
Idaho - Count Basie, Stone, Jesse
There's a Small Hotel - Count Basie, Hart, Lorenz
Medley: Will You Still Be Mine?/Gypsy in My Soul - Count Basie, Adair, Tom
'S Wonderful - Count Basie, Gershwin, George
It's Easy to Remember - Count Basie, Hart, Lorenz
East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) - Count Basie, Bowman, Brooks
How Important Can It Be? - Count Basie, Benjamin, Bennie
That Old Devil Moon - Count Basie, Harburg, E.Y.
Idle Gossip - Count Basie, Huddleston, Floyd
Make Yourself Comfortable - Count Basie, Merrill, Bob [Songw
Perdido/Lullabye of Birdland - Count Basie, Drake, Ervin
Chris Crossed - Count Basie,
The Comeback - Count Basie, Frazier, Charles
2-CD all-star set recorded live in 1955 from the Municipal Auditorium, Topeka, Kansas, featuring Count Basie, Lester Young, Joe Williams, Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan, the Erroll Garner Trio, the George Shearing Quintet a... more »nd others.« less
2-CD all-star set recorded live in 1955 from the Municipal Auditorium, Topeka, Kansas, featuring Count Basie, Lester Young, Joe Williams, Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan, the Erroll Garner Trio, the George Shearing Quintet and others.
CD Reviews
Not worth buying
04/23/2001
(1 out of 5 stars)
"The sound on this CD is so poor you might think it was done by an amateur in the audience using a $12 tape recorder. In addition the constant chattering by the MC is annoying. The recording doesn't do service to some great musicians."
Worth it at the reduced price as remaindered
Tony Thomas | SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL USA | 04/19/2005
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Yes, the sound here is not great, and it may have been recorded by someone in the audience, not professionally, but the history that is here, the era that is here and the blends of music that are here are really what this is about, not the level of sound.
Lester Young toured a lot with Basie during the 1950s. In fact he could simply show up at a Basie Gig with or without his own sideman and the chair was always there for him to jam in the sax section.
Hearing him on tour playign both with his own group and with the New Testament band is interesting, musical, and gives you a good picture of the contrast between the original swing and the 1950s Basie Band which was boppish to the core, even if its arrangements echoed the early basieism. It may be that Lester is not in top form here, but this is history, a part of history that needs more light shined on it.
I rather enjoy the MC and the smaller acts. They put you back when a show was a show, not just unannounced tunes for the insiders to hear.
Now, of course the best teaming up of the New Testament band with Lester, and not only Lester but Joe Jones and Jimmie Rushing as well, and on the concluding One Oclock Jump Roy Eldrige and Illinois Jacquet as well, is on the Basie at Newport Album, an album everyone with ears must own. This is a buy it if you can afford it at the discount price. Basie at Newport is buy if you can, steal it if you must!"
Track Listings (16) - Disc #1