Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings - 2 Lps On 1 Cd
Personnel on all tracks: Count Basie & His Orchestra with Joe Williams - Reunald Jones, Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman (tp), Bill Hughes, Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal (as, cl), Bill Graham (as), Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Frank Foster (ts, arr), Charlie Fowlkes (bs, b-cl), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), and Sonny Payne (d) - Arrangements by Ernie Wilkins (#1,5), Frank Foster (#2,3,4,6,7,8,9), and Buddy Bregman (#12-24) - Recording locations: Fine Studios, New York City, May 17 (#1-4); July 26 (#5-9), 1955. Universal Recordings Group, Chicago, January 23 (#10-11), 1956. Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, April 28 (#12-17 & 24); May 1 (#18-23), 1956. All sessions originally produced by Norman Granz. Two great albums worth having