ARTIST: Count Basie TITLE: The Essential GENRE: Jazz LABEL: CBS BITRATE: 144 kbps avg SIZE: 55 MB TRACKS: 17 ENCODER: LAME 3.97b SOURCE: CD LENGTH: 51:02 RIP DATE: 2006-06-18 TRACK LIST: 1 Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie 2:31 2 Tickle Toe 2:41 3 Broadway 3:00 4 Jump The Blues Away 3:03 5 Harvard Blues 3:23 6 It'Sand, Man 3:09 7 Ain't It The Truth 2:58 8 For The Good Of Your Country 3:12 9 High Tide 2:52 10 Queer Street 3:05 11 Rambo 3:21 12 Stay Cool 3:12 13 Stay On It 3:28 14 Golden Bullet 2:29 15 Song Of The Islands 2:52 16 One O'Clock Jump 2:57 17 Tootsie 2:49 RELEASE NOTES: Count Basie (1904-1984) lead his band from 1935 until the day he died. From 1936 up until 1951, CBS recorder what is considered the essential of Basie's work. This CD offers a selection of Basie's best titles during that period. It represents the early stages of his style and its development.