Beaver Junction (1944-1946)

Count Basie

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Beaver Junction (1944-1946) 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.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Circus in Rhythm Earle Warren	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	03:40	Amazon
2	Call Me Darling (Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear) Dorothy Dick / Mort Fryberg / Rolf Marbet / Bert Reisfeld	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	03:19	Amazon
3	Kansas City Stride Dicky Wells	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	03:41	Amazon
4	Playhouse No. 2 Stomp (Variations on "I Got Rhythm") George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	03:13	Amazon
5	Beaver Junction Harry "Sweets" Edison	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	03:35	Amazon
6	Harvard Blues George Frazier / Tab Smith	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	04:32	Amazon
7	Opening Announcements and Theme (One O'Clock Jump) Count Basie	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	01:08	Amazon
8	Dinah Harry Akst / Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	02:10	Amazon
9	Humorous Patter	Count Basie feat: Jimmy Rushing	01:35	Amazon
10	Baby Won't You Please Come Home Charles Warfield / Clarence Williams	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	01:41	Amazon
11	Rhythm Man Jimmy Mundy	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	02:54	Amazon
12	Rock-A-Bye Basie Jimmy Mundy	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	04:53	Amazon
13	One O'Clock Jump Count Basie / Eddie Durham	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	04:21	Amazon
14	Closing Announcements and Sign off (Kansas City Stride)	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	01:21	Amazon
15	Opening Announcements and Theme (One O'Clock Jump) Count Basie	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	00:51	Amazon
16	Jimmy's Idea Jimmy Mundy	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	02:22	Amazon
17	Buzz Me Danny Baxter / Fleecie Moore	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	03:52	Amazon
18	Futile Frustration Jimmy Mundy	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	02:50	Amazon
19	Stay on It Tadd Dameron / Dizzy Gillespie	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	04:04	Amazon
20	Rusty Dusty Blues J. Mayo Williams	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	03:05	Amazon
21	Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today) Count Basie / Eddie Durham / Jimmy Rushing	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	01:49	Amazon
22	9:20 Special William Engvick / Earle Warren	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	04:06	Amazon
23	On the Sunny Side of the Street Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	01:39	Amazon
24	Wild Bill's Boogie Count Basie / Buster Harding	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	01:30	Amazon
25	Closing Theme (One O'Clock Jump)	Count Basie feat: Count Basie Orchestra	01:18	Amazon