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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album <!--See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Basie Land
| name = Basie Land
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Count Basie]]
| artist = [[Count Basie]]
| Cover = basieland.jpg
| cover = basieland.jpg
| alt =
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| Released = 1964
| Recorded = February 5, 6, 1964
| released = 1964
| recorded = February 5, 6, 1964
| Genre = [[Jazz]]
| Length =
| venue =
| studio =
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| Label = [[Verve Records|Verve]]
| Producer =
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| length =
| Last album = '''''[[On My Way and Shoutin' Again!]]'''''<br />(1963)
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| label = [[Verve Records|Verve]]
| This album = '''''Basie Land'''''<br />(1964)
| producer =
| Next album = '''''[[The World of Count Basie]]'''''<br />(1964)
| prev_title = [[Ella and Basie!]]
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = [[It Might as Well Be Swing]]
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| next_year = 1964
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
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|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r135068|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review]</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r135068|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Jones (journalist) |last2= Jopling |first2= Norman |date=27 February 1965 |title=Count Basie: ''Basie Land'' |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-02-27-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |issue=207 |page=11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225353/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-02-27-S-OCR.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref>
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'''''Basie Land''''' is a 1964 [[studio album]] by [[Count Basie]] [[Count Basie Orchestra|and his orchestra]], of music composed and arranged by [[Billy Byers]]. <ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r135068|label=Basie Land}}</ref>
'''''Basie Land''''' is a 1964 [[studio album]] by [[Count Basie]] [[Count Basie Orchestra|and his orchestra]], of music composed and arranged by [[Billy Byers]].<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r135068|label=Basie Land}}</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
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All music composed by [[Billy Byers]].
All music composed by [[Billy Byers]].

== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
;[[File:Arch McKirdy, Australian radio broadcaster, voice trainer, mentor and executive, 1967.png|thumb|Radio broadcaster [[Arch McKirdy]] with a copy]][[The Count Basie Orchestra]]
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;[[The Count Basie Orchestra]]


* [[Count Basie]] - [[piano]]
* [[Count Basie]] - [[piano]]
* [[Al Aarons]] - [[trumpet]]
* [[Al Aarons]] - [[trumpet]]
* [[Sonny Cohn]]
* [[Sonny Cohn]]
* [[Don Rader]]
* [[Don Rader (musician)|Don Rader]]
* [[Snooky Young]]
* [[Snooky Young]]
* [[Henry Coker]] - [[trombone]]
* [[Henry Coker]] - [[trombone]]
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* [[Grover Mitchell]]
* [[Grover Mitchell]]
* [[Benny Powell]]
* [[Benny Powell]]
* [[Marshall Royal]] - clarinet, [[alto saxophone]]
* [[Marshal Royal]] - clarinet, [[alto saxophone]]
* [[Frank Foster (musician)|Frank Foster]] - [[flute]], alto saxophone, [[tenor saxophone]]
* [[Frank Foster (jazz musician)|Frank Foster]] - [[flute]], alto saxophone, [[tenor saxophone]]
* [[Frank Wess]]
* [[Frank Wess]]
* [[Charlie Fowlkes]] - [[baritone saxophone]]
* [[Charlie Fowlkes]] - [[baritone saxophone]]
* [[Freddie Green]] - [[guitar]]
* [[Freddie Green]] - [[guitar]]
* Buddy Catlett - [[double bass]]
* [[Buddy Catlett]] - [[double bass]]
* [[Sonny Payne]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
* [[Sonny Payne]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
* [[Billy Byers]] - [[Arrangement|arranger]], [[Conducting|conductor]]
* [[Billy Byers]] - [[Arrangement|arranger]], [[Conducting|conductor]]
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== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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{{Count Basie Orchestra}}
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[[Category:1964 albums]]
[[Category:1964 albums]]
[[Category:Count Basie Orchestra albums]]
[[Category:Count Basie Orchestra albums]]
[[Category:Verve Records albums]]
[[Category:Verve Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums conducted by Billy Byers]]
[[Category:Albums arranged by Billy Byers]]

Latest revision as of 11:42, 30 January 2024

Basie Land
Studio album by
Count Basie
Released1964
RecordedFebruary 5, 6, 1964
GenreJazz
LabelVerve
Count Basie chronology
Ella and Basie!
(1963) 		Basie Land
(1964) 		It Might as Well Be Swing
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Record Mirror[2]

Basie Land is a 1964 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra, of music composed and arranged by Billy Byers.[3]

Track listing

[edit]
  1. "Basie Land" – 2:16
  2. "Big Brother" – 3:43
  3. "Count Me In" – 4:32
  4. "Wanderlust" – 2:38
  5. "Instant Blues" – 4:54
  6. "Rabble Rouser" – 3:08
  7. "Sassy" – 3:21
  8. "Gymnastics" – 2:29
  9. "Yuriko" – 4:13
  10. "Doodle-Oodle" – 3:16

All music composed by Billy Byers.

Personnel

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Radio broadcaster Arch McKirdy with a copy
The Count Basie Orchestra

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (27 February 1965). "Count Basie: Basie Land" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 207. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. ^ Basie Land at AllMusic
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