Count Basie - Saga Jazz: On Film & Live (Count Basie) (2003)

Following the decline of the big bands, Count Basie found himself obliged to adopt a smaller format between 1950 and 1951. Those two years were an exciting period for experimenting, and they allowed him to put an inimitable style into practise, a sound that was unique with no real heirs, and a new repertoire widely influenced by the surrounding modernism. The performances of the group’s soloists, Clark Terry, Wardell Gray and Buddy DeFranco, were all the more convincing for it, and they undeniably contributed to the interest of these too-rarely heard sides. Note also the presence of Billie Holiday, on a God Bless the Child worthy of this or any anthology.

Tracklist:
1-1. Count Basie Combo - One O'Clock Jump (03:15)
1-2. Count Basie Combo - Basie's Conversation (03:15)
1-3. Count Basie Combo - Basie Boogie (03:09)
1-4. Count Basie Combo - If I Could Be With You (03:28)
1-5. Count Basie Combo - I Cried for You (03:12)
1-6. Billie Holiday, Count Basie & His Sextet - God Bless The Child (02:34)
1-7. Billie Holiday, Count Basie & His Sextet - Now Baby Or Never (02:22)
1-8. Count Basie & His Orchestra - One O'Clock Jump (00:37)
1-9. Count Basie & His Orchestra - Move (03:55)
1-10. Count Basie & His Orchestra - Basie Boogie (02:17)
1-11. Count Basie & His Orchestra - Bluebeard Blues (03:40)
1-12. Count Basie & His Orchestra - One O'Clock Jump (00:21)
1-13. Count Basie Combo - Jumpin' At The Woodside (03:00)
1-14. Count Basie Combo - How High The Moon/Ornithology (08:43)
1-15. Count Basie Combo - Oh Lady Be Good (03:12)
1-16. Count Basie Combo - Bluebeard Blues (05:07)
1-17. Count Basie Combo - One O'Clock Jump (04:07)
1-18. Count Basie & His Sextet - Felanges (02:09)
1-19. Count Basie & His Sextet - One O'Clock Jump (02:21)
1-20. Count Basie & His Septet - 3:15 Am Blues (04:50)
1-21. Count Basie & His Septet - Donna Lee (04:28)
1-22. Count Basie & His Septet - C Jam Blues (05:00)
1-23. Count Basie & His Septet - Robbins' Nest (04:42)