Basie Picks the Winners

Who played on Basie Picks the Winners

• Al Aarons trumpet all tracks
• Al Grey trombone all tracks
• Bill Hughes trombone all tracks
• Bobby Plater saxophone all tracks
• Charlie Fowlkes saxophone all tracks
• Count Basie piano all tracks
• Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis saxophone all tracks
• Eric Dixon saxophone all tracks
• Freddie Green guitar all tracks
• Grover Mitchell trombone all tracks
• Henderson Chambers trombone all tracks
• Marshall Royal saxophone all tracks
• Sam Noto trumpet all tracks
• Sonny Cohn trumpet all tracks
• Wallace Davenport trumpet all tracks
• Wyatt Ruther bass all tracks
• Leon Thomas vocals on 1 track
• Irv Cottler drums (drum set)
• J.C. Heard drums (drum set)

Tracklist

1. A1 Watermelon Man standard — Herbie Hancock
2. A2 That's All standard — Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes
3. A3 I Won't Cry Anymore — Al Frisch
4. A4 Main Theme From "Exodus" — Ernest Gold
5. A5 I'll Get By (As long as I Have You) standard — Fred Ahlert
6. B1 My Kind of Town — Jimmy Van Heusen
7. B2 I'm Walking — Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino
8. B3 Come Rain or Come Shine standard — Harold Arlen
9. B4 Volare (Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu) — Domenico Modugno
10. B5 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out standard — Jimmy Cox
11. B6 Oh, Lonesome Me — Don Gibson

Production

• Billy Byers arranger
• Eddie Brackett engineer
• Lee Herschberg engineer
• Teddy Reig producer

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