2-CD set contains 36 tracks from 1942-52 (recorded in New York, Chicago and Hollywood) featuring Count Basie with His Orchestra, His All-American Rhythm Section, His Instrumentalists & Rhythm, Octet, Septet (with Oscar Peterson) and Sextet. 40 page booklet includes notes in French and English.

Tracklist:

Basie Blues - Count Basie
I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town - Count Basie Orchestra
How Long Blues - Count Basie
Bugle Blues - Count Basie
Sugar Blues - Count Basie
It's Sand, Man! - Count Basie
Ain't It the Truth? - Count Basie Orchestra
Dance of the Gremlins - Count Basie Orchestra
Circus in Rhythm - Count Basie Orchestra 1
Taps Miller - Count Basie 1
Red Bank Boogie - Count Basie Orchestra 1
(Basie Strides Again Along) Avenue C - Count Basie Orchestra 1
High Tide - Count Basie Orchestra 1
High Tide - Count Basie 1
Queer Street - Count Basie Orchestra 1
Mad Boogie - Count Basie Orchestra 1
King - Count Basie Orchestra 1
Mutton Leg - Count Basie Orchestra 1
Sugar - Count Basie 2
Seventh Avenue Express - Count Basie Orchestra 2
Just a Minute - Count Basie Orchestra 2
Robbins' Nest - Count Basie Orchestra 2
Neal's Deal - Count Basie 2
Bluebeard Blues - Count Basie 2
Golden Bullet - Count Basie 2
Little White Lies - Count Basie 2
I'll Remember April - Count Basie 2
Tootsie - Count Basie 2
Little Pony - Count Basie Orchestra 3
New Basie Blues - Count Basie 3
Why Not? - Count Basie Orchestra 3
Every Tub - Count Basie Orchestra 3
Blee Blop Blues (Normania) - Count Basie Orchestra 3
Blues for the Count and Oscar - Count Basie 3
Extended Blues - Count Basie 3
K.C. Organ Blues - Count Basie

UPC: 3448960224123
Label: Fremeaux & Assoc. Fr
Release Date: 11.25.03
Format: CD

Count Basie - Vol. 2-Quintessence (CD)