Count Basie

Beaver Junction (1944-1946)

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AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

A worthy CD full of Basie rarities, it includes unissued and alternate versions of V Discs and two radio broadcasts; the one from 1944 features drummer Buddy Rich filling in for the recently drafted Jo Jones. Rich had so much fun being part of the swing machine that when Basie handed him a blank check for his services, he tore it up; the music throughout this CD will be equally fun for the listener.

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	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	Circus in Rhythm Earle Warren	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	3:40
2	Call Me Darling (Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear) Dorothy Dick / Mort Fryberg / Rolf Marbet / Bert Reisfeld	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	3:19
3	Kansas City Stride Dicky Wells	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	3:41
4	Playhouse No. 2 Stomp (Variations on "I Got Rhythm") George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	3:13
5	Beaver Junction Harry "Sweets" Edison	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	3:35
6	Harvard Blues George Frazier / Tab Smith	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	4:32
7	Opening Announcements and Theme (One O'Clock Jump) Count Basie	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	1:08
8	Dinah Harry Akst / Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	2:10
9	Humorous Patter	Count Basie feat: Jimmy Rushing	1:35
10	Baby Won't You Please Come Home Charles Warfield / Clarence Williams	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	1:41
11	Rhythm Man Jimmy Mundy	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	2:54
12	Rock-A-Bye Basie Jimmy Mundy	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	4:53
13	One O'Clock Jump Count Basie / Eddie Durham	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	4:21
14	Closing Announcements and Sign off (Kansas City Stride)	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	1:21
15	Opening Announcements and Theme (One O'Clock Jump) Count Basie	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	0:51
16	Jimmy's Idea Jimmy Mundy	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	2:22
17	Buzz Me Danny Baxter / Fleecie Moore	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	3:52
18	Futile Frustration Jimmy Mundy	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	2:50
19	Stay on It Tadd Dameron / Dizzy Gillespie	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	4:04
20	Rusty Dusty Blues J. Mayo Williams	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	3:05
21	Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today) Count Basie / Eddie Durham / Jimmy Rushing	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	1:49
22	9:20 Special William Engvick / Earle Warren	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	4:06
23	On the Sunny Side of the Street Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	1:39
24	Wild Bill's Boogie Count Basie / Buster Harding	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	1:30
25	Closing Theme (One O'Clock Jump)	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	1:18

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Beaver Junction (1944-1946)

AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

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