COUNT BASIE: 1944-56 (CD)

1 What Am I Here For? 3:19
2 April In Paris 3:47
3 Jive At Five 3:05
4 There's A Small Hotel 3:29
5 Hob Nail Boogie 2:31
6 Blee Blop Blues 3:00
7 Basie Talks 3:36
8 Paradise Squat 3:31
9 Softly, With Feeling 3:05
10 Beaver Junction 2:58
11 Nails 3:27
12 Did You Ever See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? 2:11
13 Seventh Avenue Express 2:37
14 Mr. Roberts' Roost 2:28
15 The Mad Boogie 2:54
16 The King 3:07
17 Mutton Leg 3:20
18 Patience And Fortitude 3:19
19 Wild Bill's Boogie 2:30
20 Stay Cool 3:08
21 High Tide (I Ain't Mad At You) 5:18
22 Jimmy's Boogie Woogie 1:47
23 Taps Miller 3:21

PERSONNEL:

Harry Edison, Al Killian, Al Stearns, Joe Newman (trumpets); Ted Donelly, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor, Dicky Wells (trombones); Jimmy Powell, Earl Warren (alto saxes); Buddy Tate, Lucky Thompson (tenor saxes); Rudy Rutherford (clarinet, baritone sax); Count Basie (piano); Freddie Green (guitar); Rodney Richardson (bass); Shadow Wilson (drums).