Hollywood...Basie's Way

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{{Infobox album

| name = Hollywood...Basie's Way

| type = Studio

| artist = Count Basie and His Orchestra

| cover = Hollywood Basie's Way.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1967

| recorded = December 14 & 21, 1966 and January 16, 1967
Fine Sound Studio, NYC

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Command
RS 912 SD

| producer = Loren Becker, Robert Byrne and Teddy Reig

| chronology = Count Basie

| prev_title = Broadway Basie's...Way

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = Basie's Beat

| next_year = 1967

}}

Hollywood...Basie's Way is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring performances of motion picture theme recorded in late 1966 and early 1967 and released on the Command label.Kitora, R., [http://www.geocities.jp/count_basie_fan_site/discography/hollywood_basies_way.html Count Basie Discography], accessed November 17, 2015[http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bigband/paradise/favorite/basie16.htm Big Band Paradise] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305033109/http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bigband/paradise/favorite/basie16.htm |date=2016-03-05 }}, accessed November 17, 2015Edwards, D., Callahan, M. & Eyrie. P., [http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/command.html Command Album Discography], accessed November 17, 2015

Track listing

  1. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:56
  2. "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) - 2:23
  3. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) - 1:56
  4. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:14
  5. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Webster) - 3:21
  6. "The Trolley Song" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) - 2:16
  7. "Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) - 2:55
  8. "A Fine Romance" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 2:44
  9. "Carioca" (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn) - 2:21
  10. "Hurry Sundown Blues" (Hugo Montenegro, Buddy Kaye) - 2:40
  11. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:28
  12. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Mercer) - 2:38
  • Recorded on December 14, 1966 (tracks 1-3 & 12), December 21, 1966 (tracks 4, 6, 8 & 11) and January 16, 1967 (tracks 5, 7, 9 & 10)

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