Basie Picks the Winners

Basie Picks the Winners is a 1965 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra.[2]

Basie Picks the Winners
Studio album by Count Basie
Released	1965
Recorded	1965
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:24
Label	Verve
Count Basie chronology
Pop Goes the Basie (1965) Basie Picks the Winners (1965) Basie Meets Bond (1966)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Watermelon Man" (Herbie Hancock) – 3:11
2. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 3:20
3. "I Won't Cry Anymore" (Al Frisch, Fred Wise) – 2:22
4. "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 3:05
5. "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 3:15
6. "My Kind of Town" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:40
7. "I'm Walkin'" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) – 3:34
8. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:51
9. "Volare" (Domenico Modugno) – 2:44
10. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, Lester Young) – 2:05
11. "Oh, Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 2:59

Personnel

The Count Basie Orchestra

• Count Basie - piano
• Billy Byers - arranger
• Leon Thomas - vocalist
• Al Aarons - trumpet
• Sonny Cohn - trumpet
• Sam Noto - trumpet
• Wallace Davenport - trumpet
• Al Grey - trombone
• Grover Mitchell - trombone
• Bill Hughes - trombone
• Henderson Chambers - trombone
• Bobby Plater - alto saxophone
• Marshall Royal - alto saxophone
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
• Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Wyatt "Bull" Ruether - bass
• Irv Cottler - drums
• J.C. Heard - drums

[3]

References

1. Allmusic Review
2. Basie Picks the Winners at AllMusic
3. Verve V/V6-8619 liner notes