| Basie Picks the Winners | ||||
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| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 1965 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:24 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Count Basie chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic | |
| Record Mirror | |
Basie Picks the Winners is a 1965 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra.[3]
Track listing
- "Watermelon Man" (Herbie Hancock) – 3:11
 - "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 3:20
 - "I Won't Cry Anymore" (Al Frisch, Fred Wise) – 2:22
 - "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 3:05
 - "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 3:15
 - "My Kind of Town" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:40
 - "I'm Walkin'" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) – 3:34
 - "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:51
 - "Volare" (Domenico Modugno) – 2:44
 - "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Lester Young) – 2:05
 - "Oh, Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 2:59
 
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano
 - Billy Byers - arranger
 - Leon Thomas - vocalist
 - Al Aarons - trumpet
 - Sonny Cohn - trumpet
 - Sam Noto - trumpet
 - Wallace Davenport - trumpet
 - Al Grey - trombone
 - Grover Mitchell - trombone
 - Bill Hughes - trombone
 - Henderson Chambers - trombone
 - Bobby Plater - alto saxophone
 - Marshall Royal - alto saxophone
 - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
 - Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
 - Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
 - Freddie Green - guitar
 - Wyatt "Bull" Ruether - bass
 - Irv Cottler - drums
 - J.C. Heard - drums
 
References
- ↑ Allmusic Review
 - ↑ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (30 September 1965). "Count Basie: Picks The Winners" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 238. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
 - ↑ Basie Picks the Winners at AllMusic
 - ↑ Verve V/V6-8619 liner notes
 
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