The Golden Years [Pablo] (1972)

About this title: Count Basie spent the last decade of his life recording regularly for Norman Granz's Pablo label. This four-CD set, which does not contain any material not available elsewhere, has "the best of" Basie's final period, 61 selections in all. Each disc covers a different (although sometimes overlapping) aspect of Basie's career: live performances, small groups, his big band and working behind vocalists. The Who's Who of Pablo's roster is featured with such soloists as various Basie members (including tenor-saxophonist Jimmy Forrest and Eric Dixon, trombonist Al Grey and trumpeter Pete Minger), ... read more

Tracks:

1. Basie Power [Live] [Wilkins]
2. The Meetin' Time [Live] [Carter/Nelson]
3. Blues in Hoss' Flat [Live] [Basie/Foster]
4. Why Not? [Live] [Hefti]
5. Good Time Blues [Live] [Wilkins]
6. Festival Blues [Live]
7. Splanky [Live] [Hefti]
8. The More I See You [Live] [Gordon/Warren]
9. I Needs to Be Bee'd With [Live] [Jones]
10. Bookie Blues [Live] [Basie/Brown/Carter/]
11. All of Me [Live] [Marks/Simons]
12. Shiny Stockings [Live] [Foster]
13. Basie [Live] [Wilkins]
14. Doubling Blues [Basie]
15. Baby Lawrence [Basie]
16. Burnin' [Basie/Peterson]
17. Captain Bligh [Basie/Sims]
18. Honeysuckle Rose [Razaf/Waller]
19. Blues for Eric [Basie/Brown]
20. I Surrender, Dear [Barris/Clifford]
21. One O'Clock Jump [Basie]
22. Memories of You [Blake/Razaf]
23. You Got It [Foster]
24. Ode to Pres [Terry]
25. Honi Coles [Basie/Davis/Hubbard]
26. Opus Six [Basie]
27. Blues in C [Basie]
28. The Heat's On [Nestico]
29. Orange Sherbert [Nestico]
30. Ticker [Holman]
31. Swee' Pea [Holman]
32. Prime Time [Nestico]
33. Corner Pocket [Green/Wolf]
34. Every Tub [Basie/Durham]
35. How Sweet It Is [Nestico]
36. C.B. Express [Nestico]
37. Beaver Junction [Edison]
38. Way Out Basie [Basie]
39. Moten Swing [Moten/Moten]
40. Me and You [Wilkins]
41. Time Stream [Nestico]
42. Katy [Nestico]
43. The Blues Machine [Nestico]
44. I'm Getting Sentimental over You [Bassman/Washington]
45. My Kind of Trouble Is You [Carter/Vandervoort]
46. Don't Worry 'Bout Me [Bloom/Koehler]
47. Lena and Lenny [Jones]
48. The Honeydripper [Liggins]
49. Blues Around the Clock [Bryant]
50. Flip Flop and Fly [Calhoun/Turner]
51. My Jug and I [Mayfield]
52. Cherry Red [Johnson/Turner]
53. Wee Baby Blues [Johnson/Turner]
54. Blues for Joe Turner [Basie/Jackson]
55. Every Day I Have the Blues [Memphis Slim]
56. Stormy Monday [Walker]
57. I Hate You Baby [Caffey/Grey/Heard]
58. Lonesome Blues [Caffey]
59. TV Mama [Turner]
60. Corrine, Corrina [Chatman/Parish/Will]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.