Collectables Jazz Classics (series)

Blues By Basie / One O'Clock Jump

by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Description by OLDIES.com:

A fine stride pianist in the tradition of the great Fats Waller, William "Count" Basie also led two of the greatest jazz orchestras of all time. The two albums collected here come from the vaults of Columbia Records and feature some of the jazz world's finest musicians, including Jimmy Rushing, Harry Edison, Clark Terry, Buddy DeFranco and Buddy Rich.

Product Description:

2 LPs on 1 CD: BLUES BY BASIE (1956)/ONE O'CLOCK JUMP (1957).

Personnel includes: Count Basie (piano, organ); Jimmy Rushing (vocals); Jack Washington (alto & baritone saxophones); Earl Warren (alto saxophone); Lester Young, Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone); Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Shad Collins (trumpet); Dan Minor, Benny Morton, Dicky Wells (trombone);

Freddie Green (guitar); Walter Page (bass); Jo Jones (drums).

Recorded between 1939 & 1950. Originally released on Columbia (901) & Columbia (997).