''The Swinging Count!'' is an album by jazz pianist

Count Basie William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...

in small group sessions recorded in 1952 and released in 1956 on the Clef label.Clef Records Catalog: 700, JATP, 1000, 4000, 2000 series
accessed November 20, 2015 Selections from this album were released on the 1954 Clef LP '' Basie Jazz''.

Reception

AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...

awarded the album 4½ stars.Allmusic listing
accessed November 20, 2015

Track listing

# "Extended Blues" (Count Basie, Oscar Peterson) - 5:55 # "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 2:50 # " Oh, Lady Be Good!" (

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular music, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swan ...

Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the ...

) - 2:24 # "Song of the Islands" (Charles E. King) - 2:49 # "Basie Beat" (Count Basie) - 3:20 # "She's Funny That Way" ( Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) - 4:10 # "Count's Organ Blues" (Basie) - 3:09 # "K.C. Organ Blues" (Basie) - 2:53 # " Blue and Sentimental" (Basie,

Mack David Mack David (July 5, 1912 – December 30, 1993) was an American lyricist and songwriter, best known for his work in film and television, with a career spanning the period between the early 1940s and the early 1970s. David was credited with writing ...

Jerry Livingston Jerry Livingston (born Jerry Levinson; March 25, 1909 – July 1, 1987) was an American songwriter and dance orchestra pianist. Life and career Born in Denver, Colorado to Sam and Dora (Lazarus) Levinson, Jerry Livingston studied music at the ...

) - 3:02 # "Stan Shorthair" (Basie) - 2:54 # " As Long as I Live" (

Harold Arlen Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ' ...

, Ted Koehler) - 3:08 # " Royal Garden Blues" ( Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams) - 3:05 *Recorded at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on July 26 (track 1), December 12 (tracks 2-4) and December 13 (tracks 5-12), 1952

Personnel

- piano (tracks 2-3 & 5-12), organ (tracks 1-12) * Reunald Jones (track 2), Joe Newman (tracks 3 & 5-12) - trumpet * Henry Coker - trombone (track 2) *

Marshall Royal Marshal Walton Royal Jr. (December 5, 1912 – May 8, 1995) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist best known for his work with Count Basie, with whose band he played for nearly twenty years. Early life and education Marshal Royal ...

- clarinet (track 2) * Paul Quinichette - tenor saxophone (tracks 2-12) * Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone (track 2) *

Oscar Peterson Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest Jazz piano, jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordin ...

- piano (track 1) * Freddie Green - guitar (all tracks) * Ray Brown (track 1), Gene Ramey (tracks 2-12) -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

* Gus Johnson (track 1), Buddy Rich (tracks 2-12) - drums * Ernie Wilkins - arranger (track 2)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swinging Count!, The 1956 albums Count Basie albums Clef Records albums Verve Records albums Albums arranged by Ernie Wilkins Albums produced by Norman Granz