Basie/Eckstine Incorporated

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

Basie/Eckstine Incorporated
Studio album by Billy Eckstine and the Count Basie Orchestra
Released	1959
Recorded	May 22 – July 28, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:46
Label	Roulette
Producer	Teddy Reig
Count Basie Orchestra chronology
Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959) Basie/Eckstine Incorporated (1959) Strike Up the Band (1959)
Billy Eckstine chronology
Billy Eckstine's Imagination (1958) Basie/Eckstine Incorporated (1959) No Cover, No Minimum (1960)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

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