Basie Picks the Winners

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

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