Basic Basie

AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars. ==Track listing==

• "Idaho" (Jesse Stone) - 2:19 • "Blues in My Heart" (Benny Carter, Irving Mills) - 2:53 • "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby) - 3:55 • "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett) - 2:52 • "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Mills, Eddie DeLange) - 2:56 • "Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me" (Con Conrad, Sidney Clare) - 2:16 • "M-Squad" (Count Basie) - 2:18 • "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 3:27 • "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Fats Waller, Harry Brooks. Andy Razaf) - 2:36 • "Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 2:56 • "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Koehler) - 2:48 • "I've Got the World on a String" (Arlen, Koehler) - 2:47 == Personnel ==

• Count Basie - piano • Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn, Waymon Reed - trumpet • Frank Hooks, Grover Mitchell, Mel Wanzo - trombone • Bill Hughes - bass trombone • Marshal Royal, Bobby Plater - alto saxophone • Eric Dixon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone • Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone • Freddie Green - guitar • Norman Keenan - bass • Harold Jones - drums • Chico O'Farrill - arranger == References ==