Broadway Basie's...Way

Broadway Basie's...Way is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring performances of Broadway musical songs recorded in 1966 and released on the Command label.^[1][2][3]

Broadway Basie's...Way
Studio album by Count Basie and His Orchestra
Released	1966
Recorded	August 18 and September 7 & 8, 1966 Finesound Studio, New York
Genre	Jazz
Label	Command R 33 905/RS 905 SD
Producer	Loren Becker, Robert Byrne and Teddy Reig
Count Basie chronology
Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' (1966) Broadway Basie's...Way (1966) Hollywood...Basie's Way (1967)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[5]

AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars stating "On this often unlistenable set, the Count Basie Orchestra plays unimaginative arrangements of a dozen Broadway show tunes".^[4]

Track listing

1. "Hello Young Lovers" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:05
2. "A Lot of Livin' to Do" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) - 3:01
3. "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 3:06
4. "Mame" (Jerry Herman) - 3:14
5. "On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) - 2:42
6. "It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) - 2:35
7. "On the Street Where You Live" (Frederick Loewe, Lerner) - 2:48
8. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:22
9. "From This Moment On" (Porter) - 2:40
10. "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) - 3:01
11. "People" (Styne, Bob Merrill) - 2:33
12. "Everything's Coming up Roses" (Styne, Stephen Sondheim) - 3:10

• Recorded at Finesound Studios in New York on August 18, 1966 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7), September 7, 1966 (track 4) and September 8, 1966 (tracks 2, 6 & 8-12)

Personnel

• Count Basie - piano
• Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Roy Eldridge, Gene Goe - trumpet
• Richard Boone, Harlan Floyd, Grover Mitchell - trombone
• Bill Hughes - bass trombone
• Bobby Plater - alto saxophone, flute
• Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone, flute
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Norman Keenan - bass
• Ed Shaughnessy - drums
• Chico O'Farrill - arranger