Basie

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Blues Backstage Written-By – Foster*
A2	Down For The Count Written-By – Foster*
A3	Eventide Written-By – Doggett*
A4	Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' My Love For You) Written-By – Razaf*, Waller*, Brooks*
B1	Perdido Written-By – Drake*, Lengsfelder*, Tizol*
B2	Ska-Di-Dle-Dee-Bee-Doo Written-By – Hefti*
B3	Two Franks Written-By – Hefti*
B4	Rails Written-By – Harding*, Gillespie*

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Clef Records, Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Ernie Wilkins, Marshall Royal
• Arranged By – Buster Harding (tracks: A3 to B4), Ernie Wilkins, Frank Foster (tracks: A1, A2), Manny Albam (tracks: A1, A2), Neal Hefti
• Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes
• Bass – Eddie Jones
• Clarinet – Marshall Royal
• Cover, Design [Cover Design] – David Stone Martin
• Drums – Gus Johnson
• Engineer – Muenster-Dummel*
• Liner Notes, Supervised By – Norman Granz
• Organ – Count Basie (tracks: B1, B4)
• Photography By [Photo By] – David B. Hecht
• Piano – Bill Hughes (tracks: B2), Count Basie (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3)
• Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Wilkins, Frank Foster, Frank Wess
• Trombone – Benny Powell, Bill Hughes (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B4), Henry Coker
• Trumpet – Joe Newman, Renauld Jones*, Thad Jones, Wendell Culley

Notes

On sleeve front:
Muenster-Dummel Hi-Fi Recording.

On labels:
(Under the personal supervision of Norman Granz)
Clef Records, Inc. - Made in U.S.A.

Publisher details:
JATAP - BMI (A1, A2, B4)
Billace Music - BMI (A3)
Mills Music - BMI (A4)
Tempo Music - ASCAP (B1)
Neal Hefti Music - ASCAP (B2)
Castle Music (B3)

Recording date and musician details from (http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/clef-records-catalog-600-series/#mgc-666)
MGC 666 Count Basie - Basie
Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman (tp) Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny Powell (tb) Marshall Royal (as, cl) Ernie Wilkins (as, ts, arr) Frank Wess (ts) Frank Foster (ts, arr) Charlie Fowlkes (bars) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Eddie Jones (b) Gus Johnson (d) Manny Albam, Neal Hefti (arr)
NYC, August 16, 1954
1892-4 Blues Backstage
1894-1 Down For The Count
Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman (tp) Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb) Marshall Royal (as, cl) Ernie Wilkins (as, ts, arr) Frank Foster, Frank Wess (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bars) Bill Hughes (p -1, tb -2/6) Count Basie (p, org -2/6) Freddie Green (g) Eddie Jones (b) Gus Johnson (d) Buster Harding, Neal Hefti (arr)
NYC, August 17, 1954
1. 1897-4 Ska-Di-Dle-Dee-Bee-Doo
2. 1898-4 Perdido
3. 1900-2 Eventide
4. 1901-1 Two Franks
5. 1902-1 Ain't Misbehavin'
6. 1903-1 Rails
** originally intended as Clef MGC 734.
** also issued on Clef MGC 722; Verve MGV 8103 entitled "The Band Of Distinction".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): MG C-666-A
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): MG C-666-B
• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 11,308
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 11,309
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A stamped): MGC-666A H
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B stamped): MGC-666B H
• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MG C-722	Count Basie And His Orchestra*	The Band Of Distinction ‎(LP, Album)	Clef Records	MG C-722	US	Unknown
33CX 10065	Basie*	Basie ‎(LP)	Columbia	33CX 10065	UK	1956
V-8103	Count Basie	The Band Of Distinction ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Verve Records	V-8103	US	Unknown
SLP-2711	Count Basie	Uma Orquestra De Classe ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Sinter, Verve Records	SLP-2711	Brazil	Unknown
MG V-8103	Count Basie	The Band Of Distinction ‎(LP, Album)	Verve Records	MG V-8103	US	1957

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