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Memories Ad-Lib
1959 studio album by Joe Williams and Count Basie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Memories Ad-Lib is an album by singer Joe Williams with Count Basie. It features tracks recorded in 1958 and was originally released in 1959 on the Roulette label.[1][2] It is notable for featuring several short solo passages by rhythm guitarist Freddie Green.[3]
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Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Ken Dryden states, "it will be greatly appreciated by fans of Count Basie and Joe Williams".[4]
Track listing
- "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:27
- "I'll Always Be in Love With You" (Bud Green, Herman Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 2:45
- "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Victor Young, Will J. Harris) – 2:20
- "If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" (James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer) – 3:10
- "Dinah" (Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) – 3:20
- "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 2:49 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 2:22
- "Call Me Darling (Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear)" (Dorothy Dick, Mart Fryberg, Rolf Marbot, Bert Reisfeld) – 3:06
- "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 2:40
- "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Razaf) – 3:22
- "Honeysuckle Rose" (Waller, Razaf) – 2:26
- "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
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Personnel
- Joe Williams – vocals
- Count Basie – organ
- Freddie Green – guitar
- George Duvivier – double bass
- Jimmy Crawford – drums
- Harry Edison – trumpet
References
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