1944 And 1945


1. Tush
2. Time Alone Will Tell
3. Ain't It The Truth
4. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter

5. Rockin' The Blues

6. I Dream Of You
7. Let's Jump
8. This I Love Above All
9. Circus In Rhythm

10. Wish You Were Waiting For Me
11. Harvard Blues
12. I'm Fer It Too
13. I Should Care
14. Sugarhill Shuffle
15. I Didn't Know About You
16. Please Don't Say No
17. Just An Old Manuscript

Personnel (on 1-4,6-9) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Rodney Richardson (b), Jo Jones (dr), Ed Lewis, Joe Newman, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Al Killian (tp), Dicky Wells, Ted Donnelly, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor (tb), Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell (as), Buddy Tate, Lester Young (ts), Rudy Rutherford (bs), Freddie Bryant (vo)

Location & Date : Lang-Worth transcriptions, Columbia Studios, Liederkrantz Hall, NYC, May 25, 1944

Personnel (on 5) : Count Basie (p), Rodney Richardson (b), Jo Jones (dr), Ed Lewis, Joe Newman, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Al Killian (tp), Dicky Wells, Ted Donnelly, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor (tb), Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell (as), Buddy Tate, Lester Young (ts), Rudy Rutherford (bs), Jimmy Rushing, Thelma Carpenter (vo)

Location & Date : Lang-Worth transcriptions, Columbia Studios, Liederkrantz Hall, NYC, Jan 10, 1944

Personnel (on 10-17) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Rodney Richardson (b), Shadow Wilson (dr), Ed Lewis, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Joe Newman, Al Killian (tp), Dicky Wells, Ted Donnelly, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor (tb), Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell (as), Buddy Tate, Lucky Thompson (ts), Rudy Rutherford (bs), Maxine Johnson (vo)

Location & Date : Lang-Worth transcriptions, Columbia Studios, Liederkrantz Hall, NYC, Feb 13, 1945