Old Manuscripts
Broadcast Transcriptions From 1944-1945


1. One O'clock Jump
2. Avenue C
3. Tess's Torch Song
4. Jumpin' At The Woodside
5. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
6. Rock-A-Bye Basie
7. And So Little Love
8. Dance Of The Gremlins
9. When They Ask About You
10. Blue Lou (Partial)

11. One O'clock Jump
12. Sugarhill Shuffle
13. Harvard Blues
14. Jazz Me Blues
15. Please Don't Say No

16. Red Bank Boogie (as "G.I. Stomp")
17. Just An Old Manuscript
18. Wish You Were Waiting For Me

19. Let's Jump

20. Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)

21. Circus In Rhythm

22. I Should Care
23. I'm Fer It Too
24. I Didn't Know About You

25. Blue Lou

Personnel (on 1-10) : Count Basie And His Orchestra
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 (as,vo), Jimmy Powell (as), Buddy Tate, Lester Young (ts), Rudy Rutherford (bs), Thelma Carpenter, Jimmy Rushing (vo)

Location & Date : AFRS "One Night Stand" program, Blue Room, Hotel Lincoln, NYC, Apr 17, 1944


Personnel (on 11-15,17,18,22-24) : Count Basie And His Orchestra
Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Rodney Richardson (b), Shadow Wilson (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), Maxine Johnson (vo)

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


Personnel (on 16) : Count Basie And His Orchestra
Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dr), Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Snooky Young (tp), Dicky Wells, Robert Scott, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor (tb), Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell (as), Buddy Tate, Don Byas (ts), Jack Washington (bs), Jimmy Rushing (vo)

Location & Date : AFRS "Command Performance" program, NBC Studio D, Hollywood, mid-Jun, 1943


Personnel (on 19,21) : Count Basie And His Orchestra
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)

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


Personnel (on 20,25) : Count Basie And His Orchestra
Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dr), Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Snooky Young (tp), Dicky Wells, Robert Scott, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor (tb), Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell (as), Buddy Tate, Don Byas (ts), Jack Washington (bs), Jimmy Rushing (vo)

Location & Date : AFRS "Downbeat" transcriptions, Hollywood, Jun-Jul, 1943