Basie/Eckstine Incorporated

Basie/Eckstine Incorporated is a 1959 studio album featuring Billy Eckstine and the Count Basie Orchestra. It was released by Roulette Records and marked Eckstine and Basie's only recorded collaboration.

Track listing

 * 1) "Stormy Monday Blues" - 3:11
 * 2) "Lonesome Lover Blues" (Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine) - 3:08
 * 3) "Blues, the Mother of Sin" (Eckstine, Sid Kuller) - 3:41
 * 4) "Jelly, Jelly" (Eckstine, Earl Hines) - 3:02
 * 5) "Don't Cry Baby" (James P. Johnson, Saul Bernie, Stella Unger) - 3:31
 * 6) "Trav'lin' All Alone" (J. C. Johnson) - 2:54
 * 7) "Little Mama" (Eckstine, Kuller) - 3:29
 * 8) "I Want a Little Girl"  (Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) - 3:25
 * 9) "Drifting" (Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams) - 3:59
 * 10) "Song of the Wanderer" (Neil Moret) - 3:22
 * 11) "Piano Man" (Eckstine, Kuller) - 4:04

Personnel

 * Billy Eckstine - vocals


 * The Count Basie Orchestra:
 * Count Basie - piano
 * Marshal Royal - lead alto saxophone
 * Frank Wess - alto saxophone, flute
 * Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
 * Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
 * Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman, Snooky Young - trumpet
 * Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone
 * Freddie Green - guitar
 * Eddie Jones - double bass
 * Sonny Payne - drums
 * Bobby Tucker - additional piano
 * Quincy Jones, Thad Jones & Bobby Tucker - arrangers

Production

 * Teddy Reig - producer
 * Michael Cuscuna - CD reissue producer