Basie's Beat

Basie's Beat is a 1967 album by Count Basie and his orchestra.

The trombonist Richard Boone sings on two of the tracks, "Boone's Blues" and "I Got Rhythm".

Track listing

 * 1) "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:43
 * 2) "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams) – 4:56
 * 3) "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 5:26
 * 4) "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:37
 * 5) "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 3:43
 * 6) "Boone's Blues" (Richard Boone) – 2:50
 * 7) "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) – 3:06
 * 8) "Hey Jim" – 4:10
 * 9) "Happy House" – 4:23
 * 10) "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 5:09

Personnel

 * The Count Basie Orchestra
 * Count Basie – piano, arranger
 * Richard Boone – vocals, trombone
 * Bobby Plater, Marshall Royal – alto saxophone
 * Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
 * Norman Keenan – double bass
 * Ed Shaughnessy, Rufus Jones – drums
 * Freddie Green – guitar
 * Billy Mitchell, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric Dixon, Marshall Brown – tenor saxophone
 * Al Grey, Grover Mitchell, Harlan Floyd, Henderson Chambers – trombone
 * Bill Hughes – bass trombone
 * Al Aarons, Gene Goe, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Phil Guilbeau, Sonny Cohn, Wallace Davenport – trumpet


 * Production
 * Acy R. Lehman – cover design
 * Phil Ramone, Bob Arnold – engineer
 * Val Valentin – director of engineering
 * Stanley Dance – liner notes
 * Chuck Stewart – photography
 * Teddy Reig – producer