The Chronological Classics
1952 - 1953


1. Blues For The Count And Oscar
2. Be My Guest
3. You're Not The Kind
4. Extended Blues
5. Let Me Dream
6. Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)
7. Goin' To Chicago
8. I Want A Little Girl
9. Oh, Lady Be Good
10. Song Of The Islands

11. Basie Beat
12. She's Funny That Way
13. Count's Organ Blues
14. K.C. Organ Blues
15. Blue And Sentimental
16. Stan Shorthair
17. As Long As I Live
18. Royal Garden Blues
19. Plymouth Rock
20. Blues Go Away !
21. Peace Pipe
22. Straight Life

Personnel (on 1) : Count Basie (org), Oscar Peterson (p), Freddie Green (gt), Ray Brown (b), Gus Johnson (dr), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis, Paul Quinichette (ts)

Personnel (on 2) : Oscar Peterson (p), Freddie Green (gt), Ray Brown (b), Gus Johnson (dr), Reunald Jones, Paul Campbell, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Jimmy Wilkins (tb), Marshal Royal (as,cl), Ernie Wilkins (as,ts), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis, Paul Quinichette (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs)

Personnel (on 3) : Count Basie (p,org), Freddie Green (gt), Jimmy Lewis (b), Gus Johnson (dr), Reunald Jones, Paul Campbell, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Jimmy Wilkins (tb), Marshal Royal (as,cl), Ernie Wilkins (as,ts), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis, Paul Quinichette (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs)

Personnel (on 4) : Count Basie (p), Oscar Peterson (org), Freddie Green (gt), Ray Brown (b), Gus Johnson (dr)

Location & Date : Fine Sound, NYC, Jul 26, 1952

Personnel (on 5-7) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Gene Ramey (b), Gus Johnson (dr), Reunald Jones, Paul Campbell, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Jimmy Wilkins (tb), Marshal Royal (as,cl), Ernie Wilkins (as,ts), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis, Paul Quinichette (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs), Al Hibbler (vo)

Personnel (on 8) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Gene Ramey (b), Buddy Rich (dr), Reunald Jones (tp), Henry Coker (tb), Marshal Royal (cl), Paul Quinichette (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs)

Personnel (on 9) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Gene Ramey (b), Buddy Rich (dr), Joe Newman (tp), Paul Quinichette (ts)

Personnel (on 10) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Gene Ramey (b), Buddy Rich (dr), Paul Quinichette (ts)

Location & Date : Fine Sound, NYC, Dec 12, 1952

Personnel (on 11-18) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Gene Ramey (b), Buddy Rich (dr), Joe Newman (tp), Paul Quinichette (ts)

Location & Date : Fine Sound, NYC, Dec 13, 1952

Personnel (on 19,20) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Eddie Jones (b), Gus Johnson (dr), Reunald Jones, Paul Campbell, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp), Jonny Mandel (b-tp), Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb), Marshal Royal (as,cl), Ernie Wilkins (as,ts), Frank Foster, Frank Wess (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs)

Location & Date : LA, Aug 13, 1953

Personnel (on 21-22) : Count Basie (p,org), Freddie Green (gt), Eddie Jones (b), Gus Johnson (dr), Reunald Jones, Joe Wilder, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Henderson Chembers (tb), Marshal Royal (as,cl), Ernie Wilkins (as,ts), Frank Foster, Frank Wess (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs)

Location & Date : Fine Sound, NYC, Dec 12, 1953