1939-40

Count Basie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 1994)
• Original Release Date: May 13, 1994
• Label: Jazz Chronological Classics
• ASIN: B000001NJR
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #367,192 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ham 'N' Eggs

2. Hollywood Jump

3. Someday, Sweetheart - Helen Humes

4. I Never Knew

5. Tickle-Toe

6. Let's Make Hey! While The Sun Shines

7. Louisiana

8. Easy Does It

9. Let Me See

10. Blues (I Still Think Of Her) - Jimmy Rushing

11. Somebody Stole My Gal - Jimmy Rushing

12. Blow Top - Jimmy Rushing

13. Gone With 'What' Wind

14. Super Chief

15. You Can't Run Around - Jimmy Rushing

16. Evenin' - Jimmy Rushing

17. The World Is Mad - Part 1

18. The World Is Mad - Part 2

19. Moten Swing

20. It's Torture - Helen Humes

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still swingin!, September 17, 2002

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1939-40 (Audio CD)

The fifth volume of this great series which reissues all of Basie's classic early material in chronological order. In all honesty, I have to admit that I find most of Basie's instrumental material a bit monotonous -- the horn sections are way too punchy and the arrangements, while undeniably swank, are also quite repetitive. But the vocals...? OH BABY! With Helen Humes and Jimmy Rushing splitting the microphone time, what's there to complain about? Her voice is oh-so-sweet and he's got the soulful blues 'way down deep inside. And yeah, the singin' non-vocal tunes are also not to be ignored... With Lester Young, Jo Jones, Don Byas and all those other Kansas City jazz cats running around, this is music that has to be checked out by the true student of jazz... no matter *what* I think!