Basie, Getz & Vaughan Live At Birdland

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  1. April In Pariscomp : Vernon Duke, Edgar 'Yip' Harburg
    arr : Wild Bill Davis
    solo : Benny Powell (tb), Thad Jones (tp)
  2. Little Ponycomp/arr : Neal Hefti
    solo : Stan Getz (ts)
  3. Easy Livingcomp : Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
    solo : Stan Getz (ts)
  4. Bluescomp/arr : unknown
    solo : Stan Getz (ts)
  5. Rock-A-Bye Basiecomp : William 'Count' Basie, Lester Young, Shad Collins
    arr : Jimmy Mundy
    solo : Henry Coker (tb), Charlie Fowlkes (bs)

  6. S'Wonderfulcomp : George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
    solo : Sarah Vaughan (vo)
  7. Easy To Remembercomp : Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
    solo : Sarah Vaughan (vo)
  8. East Of The Suncomp : Brooks Bowman
    solo : Sarah Vaughan (vo)
  9. How Important Can It Becomp : Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss
    solo : Sarah Vaughan (vo)
  10. That Old Devil Mooncomp : Burton Lane, Edgar 'Yip' Harburg
    solo : Sarah Vaughan (vo)
  11. Make Yourself Comfortablecomp : Bob Merrill
    solo : Sarah Vaughan (vo)

1-5 : Count Basie And His Orchestra

Personnel : 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), Stan Getz (ts on 2-4)

Location & Date : Birdland, NYC, Dec 16, 1954

6-11 : Sarah Vaugan with Count Basie Band

Personnel : Jimmy Jones (p), Joe Benjamin (b), Roy Haynes (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), Sarah Vaughan (vo)

Location & Date : Carnegie Hall, NYC, Sep 25, 1954