String Along with Basie

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars. ==Track listing==

• "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 2:52 • "Song of the Islands" (Chas. E. King) - 4:14 • "Stringing the Blues" (Jimmy Jones) - 4:07 • "The One I Love" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 3:35 • "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David) - 3:34 • "Blues Bittersweet" (Quincy Jones) - 2:38 • "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 4:15 • "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" (Holt Marvell, Harry Link, Jack Strachey) - 4:32 • "She's Funny That Way (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me)" (Neil Moret, Richard Whiting) – 3:14 • "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 3:15 • Recorded in New York City on July 20, 1959 (tracks 5, 6 & 8) and May 10 & 11, 1960 (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10) == Personnel ==

• Count Basie - piano • Freddie Green - guitar • George Duvivier - bass • Jimmy Crawford - drums • Unidentified string orchestra • Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone (tracks 5, 6 & 8) • Illinois Jacquet (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10), Ben Webster (tracks 5, 6 & 8) - tenor saxophone • Herbie Mann, Frank Wess - flute (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10) • Andy Fitzgerald - bass flute, bass clarinet (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10) • Quincy Jones (tracks 5, 6 & 8), George Williams (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10) - arrangers == References ==