Notes: | Big band jazz. The original album (tracks 1-11) orginally released as: Basie. Arrangements by Neal Hefti (tracks 1-11) and Jimmy Mundy (tracks 12-14). Compact disc. Program and biographical notes by Barry Ulanov and Michael Cuscuna ([2] p.) inserted in container. Wendell Culley, Snooky Young, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, trumpets ; Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell, trombones ; Marshall Royal, Frank Wess, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Frank Foster, Charles Fowlkes, reeds ; Count Basie, piano ; Freddie Green, guitar ; Eddie Jones, bass ; Sonny Payne, drums ; Joe Williams, vocal (track 16). Recorded on Oct. 21-22, 1957 at Capitol Studios, NYC.
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