Live At Birdland
- Sixteen Men Swinging -

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  1. Sixteen Men Swingingcomp/arr : Ernie Wilkins
    solo : Frank Foster (ts), Henry Coker (tb), Joe Newman (tp)
  2. Softly With Feelingcomp/arr : Neal Hefti
    solo : Joe Wilder (tp)
  3. Basie Goes Wesscomp/arr : Frank Wess
    solo : Joe Wilder (tp), Frank Wess (ts)
  4. Falling In Love All Over Againcomp/arr : Neal Hefti
    solo : Marshal Royal (as)
  5. Why Not ?comp/arr : Neal Hefti
    solo : Joe Wilder (tp), Frank Wess (fl)
  6. Yesterdayscomp : Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
    arr : Frank Wess
    solo : Henry Coker (tb)
  7. Two Frankscomp/arr : Neal Hefti
    solo : Frank Foster, Frank Wess (ts)
  8. One O'clock Jumpcomp : William 'Count' Basie
    arr : Ernie Wilkins

  9. Little Ponycomp/arr : Neal Hefti
    solo : Frank Foster (ts)
  10. Basie Goes Wesscomp/arr : Frank Wess
    solo : Joe Newman (tp), Frank Wess (ts)
  11. Blues Backstagecomp/arr : Frank Foster
    solo : Frank Foster (ts), Henry Coker (tb), Joe Newman (tp)
  12. Fancy Meeting Youcomp : Richard Kollmar
    arr : Neal Hefti
    solo : Frank Wess (ts), Joe Newman (tp)

  13. Cherry Pointcomp/arr : Neal Hefti, -
    solo : Count Basie (p)
  14. She's Just My Sizecomp/arr : Ernie Wilkins
    solo : Frank Wess (fl), Thad Jones? (tp)
  15. Jumpin' At The Woodsidecomp : William 'Count' Basie
    arr : head
    solo : Henry Coker (tb), Joe Newman (tp), Frank Foster (ts)
  16. One O'clock Jumpcomp : William 'Count' Basie
    arr : Ernie Wilkins

  17. Lullaby Of Birdlandcomp : George Shearing
  18. Peace Pipecomp/arr : Ernie Wilkins
    solo : Frank Wess (ts), Bill Hughes (tb), Henry Coker (tb)
  19. Basie English (a.k.a."Basie Talks")comp/arr : Johnny Guarnieri
    solo : Frank Foster (ts), Joe Newman (tp), Marshal Royal (as)
  20. Over The Rainbowcomp : Harold Arlen, Edgar 'Yip' Harburg
    arr : Quincy Jones
    solo : Marshal Royal (as), Henry Coker (tb)
  21. Perdidocomp : Juan Tizol
    arr : Ernie Wilkins
    solo : Frank Wess (fl,ts)
  22. One O'clock Jumpcomp : William 'Count' Basie
    arr : Ernie Wilkins

Count Basie And His Orchestra

Personnel (1-8) : Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Eddie Jones (b), Gus Johnson (dr), Reunald Jones, Joe Wilder, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker, Bill Hughes (tb), Benny Powell (btb), Marshal Royal (as,cl), Ernie Wilkins (as,ts), Frank Foster (ts), Frank Wess (ts,fl), Charlie Fowlkes (bs)

Location & Date : Birdland, NYC, Apr 29, 1954


Personnel (9-22): Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Eddie Jones (b), Gus Johnson (dr), Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker, Bill Hughes (tb), Benny Powell (btb), Marshal Royal (as,cl), Ernie Wilkins (as,ts), Frank Foster (ts), Frank Wess (ts,fl), Charlie Fowlkes (bs)

Location & Date :
Birdland, NYC, Jul 30, 1954 (9-12)
Birdland, NYC, Aug 3, 1954 (11-16)
Birdland, NYC, Aug 6, 1954 (17-22)