Basie Straight Ahead (album)

Basie Straight Ahead is a LP album recorded at TTG Studios, Hollywood, California in October 1968 featuring Count Basie and his orchestra. The tunes were all composed, arranged and conducted by Sammy Nestico. The engineers were Ami Hadani and Thorne Nogar, and the producers were Tom Mack and Teddy Reig. The disc was issued in 1968 on Dot label and on English EMI.

Track listing

• Basie - Straight Ahead
• It's Oh, So Nice
• Lonely Street
• Fun Time
• Magic Flea
• Switch In Time
• Hay Burner
• That Warm Feeling
• The Queen Bee

Personnel

• Count Basie (piano)
• Marshall Royal (alto sax)
• Bobby Plater (alto sax, flute)
• Eric Dixon (tenor sax, flute)
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tenor sax)
• Charlie Fowlkes (baritone sax)
• Gene Coe (trumpet)
• George Cohn (trumpet)
• Oscar Brashear (trumpet)
• Al Aarons (trumpet)
• Grover Mitchell (trombone)
• Richard Boone (trombone)
• Bill Hughes (trombone)
• Steve Galloway (trombone)
• Freddie Green (guitar)
• Harold Jones (drums)
• Norman Keenan (bass)