The Alternative Takes
In Chronological Order
Vol.6


1. Kansas City Stride
2. Call Me Darling
3. Playhouse No.2 Stomp
4. Wild Bill's Boogie
5. Wild Bill's Boogie
6. Wild Bill's Boogie
7. Goodbye, Baby
8. Goodbye, Baby
9. Slider
10. Mine Too
11. If You See My Baby
12. Neal's Deal
13. Neal's Deal
14. Neal's Deal
15. Bluebird Blues
16. The Golden Bullet
17. The Golden Bullet
18. Little White Lies
19. Basie Boogie
20. Basie's Conversation
21. I Cried For You
22. One O'clock Jump
23. Paradise Squat

Personnel (on 1,2) : 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), Thelma Carpenter (vo)

Location & Date : NYC, May 27, 1944

Personnel (on 3) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Rodney Richardson (b), Joe Marshall (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, Lucky Thompson (ts), Rudy Rutherford (bs)

Location & Date : NYC, Jan 11, 1945

Personnel (on 4-8) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Rodney Richardson (b), Jo Jones (dr), Ed Lewis, Emmett Berry, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Snooky Young, Joe Newman (tp), George Matthews, Ted Donnelly, Eli Robinson, J.J.Johnson (tb), Preston Love, Rudy Rutherford (as), Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet (ts), Jack Washington (bs), Jimmy Rushing (vo)

Location & Date : NYC, Aug 9, 1946

Personnel (on 9,10) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Singleton Palmer (b), Butch Ballard (dr), Clark Terry, Emmett Berry, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Jimmy Nottingham, Gerald Wilson (tp), Dicky Wells, Ted Dnnelly, George Matthews (tb), Earl Warren, Charlie Price (as), Bill "Weasel" Parker, Paul Gonsalves (ts), Jack Washington (bs), Jimmy Rushing, Taps Miller (vo)

Location & Date : NYC, Jul 22, 1949

Personnel (on 11) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Al McKibbon (b), Gus Johnson (dr), Harry 'Sweets' Edison (tp), Dicky Wells (tb), George Auld, Gene Ammons (ts), The Deep River Boys (vo)

Location & Date : NYC, Feb 6, 1950

Personnel (on 12-17) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Jimmy Lewis (b), Buddy Rich (dr), Clark Terry (tp), Charlie Rouse (ts), Serge Chaloff (bs), Buddy Defranco (cl)

Location & Date : NYC, May 16, 1950

Personnel (on 18) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Jimmy Lewis (b), Gus Johnson (dr), Clark Terry (tp), Wardel Grey (ts), Rudy Rutherford (bs), Buddy Defranco (cl)

Location & Date : NYC, Nov 3, 1950

Personnel (on 19-22) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Jimmy Lewis (b), Gus Johnson (dr), Clark Terry (tp), Marshal Royal (as), Wardell Gray (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs), Helen Humes (vo)

Location & Date : NYC, Feb, 1951

Personnel (on 23) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Jimmy Lewis (b), Gus Johnson (dr), Charlie Shavers, Paul Campbell, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker, Jimmy Wilkins, Benny Powell (tb), Marshal Royal , Ernie Wilkins (as), Paul Quinichette, Floyd Johnson (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs)

Location & Date : Fine Sound, NYC, Jul 22-25, 1952