String Along with Basie
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{{Infobox album
| name = String Along with Basie
| type = Studio
| artist = Count Basie
| cover = String_Along_with_Basie.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1960
| recorded = July 20, 1959 and May 10 & 11, 1960
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Roulette
SR 52051
| producer = Teddy Reig
| chronology = Count Basie
| prev_title = Dance Along with Basie
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = Not Now, I'll Tell You When
| next_year = 1960
}}
String Along with Basie is an album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie accompanied by a small band and string section on tracks recorded in 1959 and 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/roulette/roulettec.html Roulette Album Discography, Part 3], accessed November 3, 2015Kitora, R., [http://www.geocities.jp/count_basie_fan_site/discography/string_along_with_basie.html Count Basie Discography], accessed November 3, 2015
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
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AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/string-along-with-basie-mw0000865405 Allmusic listing], accessed November 3, 2015
Track listing
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 2:52
- "Song of the Islands" (Chas. E. King) - 4:14
- "Stringing the Blues" (Jimmy Jones) - 4:07
- "The One I Love" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 3:35
- "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David) - 3:34
- "Blues Bittersweet" (Quincy Jones) - 2:38
- "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 4:15
- "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" (Holt Marvell, Harry Link, Jack Strachey) - 4:32
- "She's Funny That Way (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me)" (Neil Moret, Richard Whiting) – 3:14
- "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 3:15
- Recorded in New York City on July 20, 1959 (tracks 5, 6 & 8) and May 10 & 11, 1960 (tracks 1-4, 7, 9 & 10)
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano
- Freddie Green - guitar
- George Duvivier - bass
- Jimmy Crawford - drums
- Unidentified string orchestra
- Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone (tracks 5, 6 & 8)
- Illinois Jacquet (tracks 1-4, 7, 9 & 10), Ben Webster (tracks 5, 6 & 8) - tenor saxophone
- Herbie Mann, Frank Wess - flute (tracks 1-4, 7, 9 & 10)
- Andy Fitzgerald - bass flute, bass clarinet (tracks 1-4, 7, 9 & 10)
- Quincy Jones (tracks 5, 6 & 8), George Williams (tracks 1-4, 7, 9 & 10) - arrangers