String Along with Basie

String Along with Basie is an album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie accompanied by a small band and string section on tracks recorded in 1959 and 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label.^{[1] [2]}

AllMusic awarded the album 41⁄2 stars.^[3]

1. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 2:52
2. "Song of the Islands" (Chas. E. King) - 4:14
3. "Stringing the Blues" (Jimmy Jones) - 4:07
4. "The One I Love" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 3:35
5. "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David) - 3:34
6. "Blues Bittersweet" (Quincy Jones) - 2:38
7. "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 4:15
8. "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" (Holt Marvell, Harry Link, Jack Strachey) - 4:32
9. "She's Funny That Way (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me)" (Neil Moret, Richard Whiting) – 3:14
10. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 3:15

• Recorded in New York City on July 20, 1959 (tracks 5, 6 & 8) and May 10 & 11, 1960 (tracks 1-4, 7, 9 & 10)

• Count Basie - piano
• Freddie Green - guitar
• George Duvivier - bass
• Jimmy Crawford - drums
• Unidentified string orchestra
• Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone (tracks 5, 6 & 8)
• Illinois Jacquet (tracks 1-4, 7, 9 & 10), Ben Webster (tracks 5, 6 & 8) - tenor saxophone
• Herbie Mann, Frank Wess - flute (tracks 1-4, 7, 9 & 10)
• Andy Fitzgerald - bass flute, bass clarinet (tracks 1-4, 7, 9 & 10)
• Quincy Jones (tracks 5, 6 & 8), George Williams (tracks 1-4, 7, 9 & 10) - arrangers

• 1960 albums
• Count Basie albums
• Roulette Records albums
• Albums arranged by Quincy Jones
• Albums arranged by George Williams (musician)
• Albums produced by Teddy Reig

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