Joe WilliamsCount Basie Swings • Joe Williams Sings

Label:

Clef Records – MG C-678

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Mono , Hollywood Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Swing

Tracklist

A1 Every Day (I Have The Blues)
Written-ByChatman*
A2 The Comeback
Written-ByMemphis Slim
A3 Alright, Okay, You Win
Written-ByWyche*
A4 In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
Written-ByCarr*
B1 Roll 'Em Pete
Written-ByJohnston*
B2 Teach Me Tonight
Written-ByCahn*
B3 My Baby Upsets Me
Written-ByWilliams*
B4 Please Send Me Someone To Love
Written-ByMayfield*
B5 Ev'ry Day
Written-ByFain*

Companies, etc.

  • Pressed ByColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood

Credits

  • Alto SaxophoneBill Graham
  • Arranged ByFrank Foster (tracks: A2 to A4, B3 to B5)
  • Artwork, Design [Cover, Liner]David Stone Martin
  • BassEddie Jones
  • DrumsSonny Payne
  • GuitarFreddie Greene*
  • Photography ByHerman Leonard
  • PianoBasie*
  • SaxophoneMarshall Royal
  • Supervised ByNorman Granz
  • Tenor SaxophoneFrank Foster
  • TromboneHenry Coker
  • TrumpetWendell Culley
  • VocalsJoe Williams

Notes

Title appears as "Count Basie Swings And Joe Williams Sings" on center labels.

Front cover, bottom line with emblem: "muenster-dummel HI-FI recording"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 11,422
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 11,423
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): MGC-678 A H
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): MGC-678 B H
  • Pressing Plant ID: H

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Count Basie Swings and Joe Williams Sings (LP, Album) American Recording Society G-442 US 1955
New Submission
Count Basie Swings - Joe Williams Sings (LP, Album, Mono) Barclay MG C-678, 3561 1955
New Submission
Count Basie Swings And Joe Williams Sings (LP, Album, Mono) Columbia 33CX 10026 UK 1956
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Count Basie Swings Joe Williams Sings (LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Hollywood Pressing) Verve Records MGV-8063, MG V-8063 US 1957
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Count Basie Swings Joe Williams Sings (LP, Mono) Verve Records MGV-8063 US 1957

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Reviews

  • loveumadlie's avatar
    loveumadlie
    Edited one year ago
    Recording sessions, track durations and other details were not (all) included on labels, liners, covers and runouts of the original release.
    The following data is consolidated from various releases / reissues, including Mosaic's 2005 compilation: Count Basie - The Complete Clef / Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings,
    and from Chris Sheridan's book: "Count Basie - A Bio-Discography".

    Track titles and the names of involved people are shown without any typos, abbreviations or (false) spelling variants to be found in past releases. Bonus tracks added to later reissues of this album are also omitted.

    Tracklist:
    A1 Every Day (I Have The Blues) 5:25
    aka: Everyday I Have the Blues (BMI)
    Written-By - John 'Peter' Chatman; Arranged-By - Ernie Wilkins
    co-credited to York (?) on this original Clef release MGC-678.
    This title is an original from 1935 by Aaron Sparks, 1947 covered as "Nobody Loves Me" by John 'Peter' Chatman (born John Len Chatman), hence credited to Chatman.

    A2 The Comeback (5:25)
    Written-By - John 'Peter' Chatman; Arranged-By - Frank Foster
    on some releases credited to Memphis Slim (an alias of John 'Peter' Chatman), or Frazier (short for L.C. Frazier, another alias of Chatman), sometimes mixed-up with tenorist Charles Frazier (!)

    A3 All Right, OK, You Win (3:03)
    also as: Alright, Okay, You Win
    Written-By - Sidney Jackson Wyche, Mayme Watts; Arranged-By - Frank Foster

    A4 In The Evenin' (When the Sun Goes Down) 3:33
    Written-By - Leroy Carr, Don Raye; Arranged-By - Frank Foster
    as: In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
    Another title variant: (In The Evening) When The Sun Goes Down
    originally (1935): When The Sun Goes Down

    B1 Roll 'Em Pete (3:10)
    Written-By - Joe Turner, Pete Johnson
    B2 Teach Me Tonight (3:01)
    Written-By - Gene Vincent De Paul, Sammy Cahn; Arranged-By - Ernie Wilkins
    B3 My Baby Upsets Me (2:55)
    Written-By - Joe Williams; Arranged-By - Frank Foster
    B4 Please Send Me Someone To Love (3:30)
    Written-By - Percy Mayfield; Arranged-By - Frank Foster
    B5 Ev'ry Day (I Fall In Love) 3:42
    Written-By - Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain; Arranged-By - Frank Foster

    Recording:
    1955-05-17, NYC, Fine Sound Studio (tracks A1/A4)
    1955-07-26, NYC, Fine Sound Studio (tracks B1/B5)
    
Reunald Jones, Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman (tp), Bill Hughes, Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal (cl, as), Bill Graham (as), Frank Wess (fl, ts), Frank Foster (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bars, b-cl), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Percival 'Sonny' Payne (dr), Joe Williams (voc).
    On session 1955-05-17 (tracks A1/A4), Charlie Fowlkes doubled on b-cl.

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