Basie/Eckstine Incorporated

Basie/Eckstine Incorporated
Studio album by Billy Eckstine and the Count Basie Orchestra
Released	1959
Recorded	May 22 – July 28, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:46
Label	Roulette
Producer	Teddy Reig
Count Basie Orchestra chronology
Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959) Basie/Eckstine Incorporated (1959) Strike Up the Band (1959)
Billy Eckstine chronology
Billy Eckstine's Imagination (1958) Basie/Eckstine Incorporated (1959) No Cover, No Minimum (1960)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Basie/Eckstine Incorporated is a 1959 studio album by Billy Eckstine and the Count Basie Orchestra. It was released by Roulette Records and marked Eckstine and Basie's only recorded collaboration.

Track listing

1. "Stormy Monday Blues" - 3:11
2. "Lonesome Lover Blues" (Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine) - 3:08
3. "Blues, the Mother of Sin" (Eckstine, Sid Kuller) - 3:41
4. "Jelly, Jelly" (Eckstine, Earl Hines) - 3:02
5. "Don't Cry Baby" (James P. Johnson, Saul Bernie, Stella Unger) - 3:31
6. "Trav'lin' All Alone" (J. C. Johnson) - 2:54
7. "Little Mama" (Eckstine, Kuller) - 3:29
8. "I Want a Little Girl" (Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) - 3:25
9. "Drifting" (Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams) - 3:59
10. "Song of the Wanderer" (Neil Moret) - 3:22
11. "Piano Man" (Eckstine, Kuller) - 4:04

Personnel

• Billy Eckstine - vocals

The Count Basie Orchestra

• Count Basie - piano
• Marshal Royal - lead alto saxophone
• Frank Wess - alto saxophone, flute
• Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman, Snooky Young - trumpet
• Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Eddie Jones - double bass
• Sonny Payne - drums
• Bobby Tucker - additional piano
• Quincy Jones, Thad Jones & Bobby Tucker - arrangers

Production

• Teddy Reig - producer
• Michael Cuscuna - CD reissue producer

Notes

1. Nastos, Michael G. "Basie and Eckstine, Inc". AllMusic. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 20. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.