WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.
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Count Basie is today’s featured artist. Born William James Basie in Red Bank,
New Jersey on August 21, 1904, Basie was a jazz pianist, organist, bandleader,
and composer. He formed the Count Basie Orchestra in Kansas City in 1935, then
took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group
for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two “split” tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to
broaden their sound, and others. – wikipedia
Court Basie’s biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Count Basie discography @ discogs.com
Count Basie Orchestra discography @ discogs.com
Count Basie Center for the Arts
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
The C-Jam Blues Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra RCA Victor 1942
Mr Five By Five Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie Parrot Records 1953
Goin’ to Chicago Blues
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross with Count Basie
Sing Along With Basie 1958
Open The Door, Richard Count Basie RCA Victor 1947
Shame, Shame, Shame Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
They Raided The Joint Helen Humes Let The Good Times Roll 1973
Bottom’s Up Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars Apollo Records 1945
After Midnight Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1946
That’s What I Like Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1948
Walkin Home Oscar Moore In Guitar 1962
St. Louis Blues Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie A Perfect Match 1979
Don’t Cry Baby Count Basie & Billy Eckstine Basie/Eckstine Inc 1959
Smack Dab In The Middle
The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
Live in Japan 1991
Killer Joe Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
The Kid From Red Bank Count Basie Atomic Basie 1958
Them There Eyes & Lover Man
Billie Holiday with Count Basie
At Carnegie Hall 1954
I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
Ray Charles with the Count Basie Orchestra
Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961
As Long as I’m Moving Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1955
Jelly Jelly The Knickerbocker All-Stars Open Mic At The Knick 2014
Lullaby of Broadway Tony Bennett with Count Basie In Person! 1959
The Gentleman Is A Dope
Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan
Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan 1961
One O’Clock Jump Count Basie At Newport 1957
Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphys Ovaltine
Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson
Boogie Woogie In Blue 1944
Let The Good Times Roll
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
Dinah Washington
The Swingin’ Miss “D” 1957
Alright, Ok, You Win
Count Basie & Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings 1956
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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