Count Basie and Oscar Peterson

[mjzee]

Were there 5 albums of Basie and Peterson? I count:

Satch and Josh

Satch & Josh Again

The Timekeepers

Night Rider

Yessir That's My Baby

Are there any others?

Listening now to Yessir That's My Baby...very enjoyable.

[CJ Shearn]

I think that's about it, 5 albums

[king ubu]

There are a few tracks early on the Verve Mosaic set of Basie's ... don't have details at hand, but I think all small group tracks.

[Big Beat Steve]

Were there 5 albums of Basie and Peterson? I count:

Satch and Josh

Satch & Josh Again

The Timekeepers

Night Rider

Yessir That's My Baby

Are there any others?

Listening now to Yessir That's My Baby...very enjoyable.

According to LP reviews, the LP "Basie and Friends" (Pablo 2310925) has a couple of Basie-Peterson tracks that are not on any of the others. The liner notes, unfortunately, do not give any accurate session details.

[king ubu]

from my old files:

New York
July 26, 1952
Studio Session (Clef)

Paul Campbell, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones (tp, out-1) Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Jimmy Wilkins (tb, out-1) Marshal Royal (cl,as, out-1) Ernie Wilkins (as,ts, out-1) Paul Quinichette, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts, out-4) Charlie Fowlkes (bs, out-1) Count Basie (p, org-1, out-3) Oscar Peterson (p-1) Freddie Green (g) Jimmy Lewis (b, out-2) Ray Brown (b-1) Gus Johnson (ds)

835-7 Blues for the Count and Oscar (Count Basie-Oscar Peterson) -1, -2
Clef EPC252, MGC633, MGC729, Verve VE2-2542, V3HB-8850, (E)VLP9074, (F)74085, 2304.410, (Eu)511.022, (Jap)70MJ3235, 513 630-2 [CD]

836-5 Be my guest (Ernie Wilkins, arr. Ernie Wilkins) -2, -3
Clef EPC252, MGC633, MGC729, V3HB-8850, (F)2304.410

837-2 You're not the kind (Nat Pierce)
Clef EPC251, MGC647, MGC723, Verve VE2-2542, VSP13/14, (F)2304.410, (Jap)70MJ3235, Columbia (E)LB10085

838-2 Extended blues -1, -4
Clef EPC252, MGC633, MGC706, Verve VE2-2542, V3HB-8850, (E)VLP9074, (F)74084, (Eu)511.022, 2632.006, (Jap)70MJ3235



via jazzdisco.org:

July 26, 1974
Vancouver, Canada

Count Basie, Oscar Peterson (piano) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass) Louis Bellson (drums)

Easy Does It Pablo 2310-925


October 28, 1974
"Lucerna Hall", Prague, Czechoslovakia

Count Basie, Oscar Peterson (piano) Freddie Green (guitar) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass) Jake Hanna (drums)

Royal Garden Blues Pablo 2310-925

Pablo 2310-925, PACD 2310-925-2 Count Basie - Basie And Friends


that album also contains "She's Funny That Way" from the "Satch and Josh" date (Los Angeles, CA, December 2, 1974) - seems it was NOT added to the single CD reissue (same, btw, for two more each of "Basie & Zoot" and "For the Second Time" - guess I've got to look for that one!)

Edited September 27, 2014 by king ubu

[Peter Friedman]

The "Basie And Friends" album on Pablo has these 3 tracks with both Basie and Oscar Peterson as follows.

Easy Does It (12/2/74) -Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, Freddie Green, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson

She's Funny That Way (12/2/74) - Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown

Royal Garden Blues (12/2/74) - Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, Freddie Green, Ray brown, Louis Bellson

The remaining 5 tracks on this album feature Basie with Louis Bellson on drums, and either John Heard, Ray Brown, or N.H.O.P on bass

[king ubu]

And a pair with Zoot Sims? Or are those trio tracks cut at the Basie & Zoot date?

[Peter Friedman]

Ubu, Zoot Sims does not play on those tracks. As you suggested, they were recorded at the Basie and Zoot session, but without Zoot.

In fact, all the tunes on the "Basie & Friends" CD were recorded at various sessions that resulted in albums. But the tracks here were not included on those albums.

[king ubu]

Okay, thanks!

The second fact I realized while checking out its contents. Pretty lame that Fantasy couldn't just add those tracks to the respective albums. Not really an album that looks like anyone really, really needs it (two more tracks of Zoot w/Basie would have made a difference for me, though).