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Track Listing 1. Toby - (with Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra) 2. One O'Clock Jump 3. John's Idea 4. Topsy 5. Jumpin' at the Woodside 6. Swingin' the Blues 7. Blue and Sentimental 8. Doggin' Around 9. Dark Rapture 10. Cherokee (Parts 1 & 2) 11. Goin' to Chicago 12. Jive at Five 13. 9:20 Special 14. Softly With Feeling 15. Corner Pocket 16. April in Paris 17. Every Day I Have the Blues 18. Shiny Stockings 19. Li'l Darlin'
Album Notes Personnel includes: Count Basie (piano, organ); Helen Humes, Jimmy Rushing, Joe Williams (vocals); Frank Wess (alto & tenor saxophones, flute); Eddie Barfield (alto saxophone, clarinet); Earl Warren, Ernie Wilkins (alto saxophone); Lester Young (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Ben Webster, Chu Berry, Don Byas, Coleman Hawkins, Frank Foster, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tenor saxophone); Hot Lips Page, Buck Clayton, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Thad Jones, Snooky Young (trumpet); Benny Morton (trombone); Eddie Durham (valve trombone, guitar); Freddie Green (guitar); Walter Page, Eddie Jones (bass); Jo Jones, Gus Johnson (drums). Compilation producers: Ben Young, Richard Seidel. Recorded between 1932 and 1957. Includes liner notes by Brian Priestly. Digitally remastered by Kevin Reeves (Universal Mastering Studios-East). This is part of the Verve Records Ken Burns JAZZ series.
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