Discography
`50's | 60's | 70's | 80's | 90's | Others
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1929 |
Count Basie in Kansas City | Camden |
| Basie's Basement | Bluebird | |
1932 |
Jive at Five | ASV/Living Era |
| Count Basie, Vol. 1 (1932-1938) | BBC | |
1936 |
Super Chief | Columbia |
| Count Basie (1936-1938) | BBC | |
1937 |
Good Morning Blues | MCA |
| First Recordings He Ever Made Sandy | Hook | |
| Count Basie (1937) | Alamac | |
| At the Chatterbox: 1937 | Jazz Archives | |
| Listen...You Shall Hear | Hep | |
| On the Upbeat | Drive Archives | |
1938 |
Count Basie at the Famous Door (1938-1939) | Jazz Archives |
| Rock-A-Bye Basie, Vol. 2 | Vintage Jazz C | |
| And His Orchestra (1938) | Fanfare | |
| Do You Wanna Jump ...? | Hep | |
1939 |
Blues by Basie | Columbia |
| Lester Young / Charlie Christian (1939-1940) | Jazz Archives | |
| Cream of Count Basie, Vol. 2 (1937-39) | Pearl Flapper | |
| 1939-1941: The Jitters | The Jitters Tax | |
| Count Basie, Vol. 1 (1939) | Classics | |
| Count Basie, Vol. 2 (1939) | Classics | |
| Count Basie, Vol. 3 (1939-1940) | Classics | |
| Count Basie and His Great Vocalists | Legacy/Columbi | |
1940 |
Count Basie (1940-1941) | Classics |
1943 |
Count Basie V Discs, Vol. 2:1943-1945 | Jazz Society |
| Jubilee Alternatives | Hep | |
| Old Manuscripts, Broadcast Transcriptions... | Music & Arts | |
1944 |
Basie Special | Everybody's |
| Count Basie (1944) | Circle | |
| Beaver Junction (1944 - 1946) | Vintage Jazz C | |
| Count Basie V Discs, Vol. 1:1944-1945 | Jazz Society | |
| One Night Stand with Count Basie | Joyce | |
| One Night Stand with Count Basie and Miff... | Joyce | |
| Count Basie and His Orchestra (1944) | Hindsight | |
| 1944-1945 | Circle | |
1945 |
1945-1946 | Jazz Anthology |
| Kansas City Style | Giants Of Jazz | |
1946 |
Count Basie: The Orchestra and the Octet | CBS |
| One Night Stand with Count Basie at the... | Joyce | |
1947 |
Count Basie, Vols. 1-3 | RCA |
| Brand New Wagon: Count Basie 1947 | Bluebird | |
1949 |
1949: Shoutin' Blues | RCA |
1950 |
Dance Parade | Columbia |
| Count Basie at the Piano | Decca | |
1952 |
Paradise Squat | Verve |
| Dance Session | Clef | |
| Count Basie/Lester Young - Live at Birdland | Jazz Panorama | |
| Count Basie and His Orchestra Collates | Mercury | |
1953 |
At Birdland, Vol. 1: 1953 | Unique |
| At Birdland, Vol. 2: 1953 | Unique | |
| Sixteen Men Swinging | Verve | |
| King of Swing | Verve | |
1954 |
Basie | Clef |
| Blues Backstage | Clef | |
| Count Basie Sextet | Clef | |
| Count Basie Big Band | Clef | |
| Count Basie Dance Session, Vol. 1 | Clef | |
| Basie Jazz | Clef | |
| Americans in Sweden, Vol. 1 | Tax | |
| Americans in Sweden, Vol. 2 | Tax | |
| Swinging the Fifties | IAJRC | |
| Class of '54 | Black Lion | |
1955 |
Basie | Clef |
| Basie's Back in Town | Epic | |
| Jazz Royalty | Emarcy | |
| Lester Leaps In | Epic | |
| Let's Go to Prez | Epic | |
| Old Count and the New Count | Epic | |
| Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings | PolyGram | |
| Rock the Blues | Epic | |
| Count Basie Dance Session, Vol. 2 | Clef | |
| Night at Count Basie's | Vanguard | |
| Basie Swings/Williams Sings | Verve | |
| April in Paris | Verve | |
| Compact Jazz: With Joe Williams | Verve | |
1956 |
Count | Clef |
| Swinging Count | Clef | |
| Band of Distinction | Clef | |
| Basie Roars Again! | Clef | |
| Basie Rides Again! | Clef | |
| Basie Bash | Columbia | |
| Switzerland 1956 | Jazz Helvet | |
| Live in Basel (1956) | Jazz Helvet | |
| Live | Sequel | |
| Sings Standards | Verve | |
| Count Basie in London | Verve | |
1957 |
Atomic Mr. Basie | Roulette |
| Count Basie Vocal Years | Roulette | |
| Count Basie Years | Roulette | |
| Count! | Verve | |
| At Newport with Dizzy Gillespie | Verve | |
| Count Basie at Newport | Verve | |
1958 |
Basie Plays Hefti | Roulette |
| Count on the Coast, Vols. 1-3 | Phontastic | |
| Memories Ad-Lib | Roulette | |
| One More Time | Roulette | |
| Atomic Band in Concert | Bandstand | |
| Live (1958-1959) | Status | |
| Sing Along with Basie | Roulette | |
1959 |
Chairman of the Board | Roulette |
| Dance Along with Basie | Roulette | |
| Hall of Fame | Verve | |
| Breakfast Dance and Barbecue | Roulette | |
| Everyday I Have the Blues | Roulette | |
| Basie and Eckstine, Inc. | Capitol | |
| Strike up the Band | Roulette | |
| 1959 | Jazz Unlimited | |
| Basie Swings, Bennett Sings | Roulette | |
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1960 |
Easin' It | Roulette |
| Kansas City Suite: The Music of Benny Carter | Roulette | |
| Not Now - I'll Tell You When | Roulette | |
| String Along with Basie | Roulette | |
| Kansas City Suite | Roulette | |
| Count Basie Classics | Harmony | |
| Benny Carter's Kansas City Suite | Roulette | |
| Count Basie / Sarah Vaughan | Roulette | |
| Just the Blues | Roulette | |
| Paris Jazz Concert | RTE | |
| Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan | Roulette | |
1961 |
Count Basie Story | Roulette |
| Legend | Capitol | |
| Basie at Birdland | Capitol | |
| First Time! the Count Meets The Duke | Columbia | |
1962 |
Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 | MCA |
| On My Way and Shoutin' Again | Verve | |
| Sinatra-Basie | Reprise | |
| Lil' Ol' Groovemaker | Verve | |
| Back with Basie | Roulette | |
| Count Basie in Sweden | Roulette | |
| Live in Sweden | Roulette | |
| Basie: Vaughan | Roulette | |
| Live in Concert | Monad | |
1963 |
Basie Land | Verve |
| Ella and Basie! | Verve | |
| Frankly Basie: Count Basie Plays the Hits of... | Verve | |
1964 |
Pop Goes the Basie | Reprise |
| World of Count Basie | Roulette | |
| Basie's Bounce | Ch | |
1965 |
Basie Meets Bond | United Artists |
| Basie Picks the Winners | Verve | |
| Basie's Beat | Verve | |
| Count Basie [Brunswick/RCA] | Brunswick | |
| Our Shining Hour | Verve | |
1966 |
Count Basie with Arthur Prysock | Verve |
| Basie's Beatle Bag | Verve | |
| Inside Basie Outside | VSP | |
| Great Concert of Count Basie and His... | Festival | |
| Basie's Swingin', Voices Singin' | ABC | |
| Count Basie (1966) | Jazz Archives | |
| Showtime | MCA | |
1967 |
Broadway Basie's Way | Command |
| Straight Ahead | Dot | |
1968 |
Live in Antibes (1968) | Esoldun |
1969 |
Count Basie: Ain't Misbehavin' | Laserlight |
| Jazz Fest Masters: Count Basie | Scotti Bros. | |
| Basic Basie | Verve | |
| Swingin' the Blues | Arco | |
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1970 |
Afrique | Doctor Jazz |
| Basie on the Beatles | Happy Tiger | |
| High Voltage (Basic Basie, Vol. 2) | Verve | |
1971 |
Have a Nice Day | Daybreak |
1972 |
Loose Walk | Pablo |
1973 |
Basie Jam, Vols. 1-3 | Pablo |
| Bosses | Pablo | |
1974 |
Last Decade | Artistry |
| For the First Time | Pablo | |
| Satch and Josh | Pablo | |
| Basie and Friends | Pablo | |
1975 |
Kansas City, Vol. 3: For the Second Time | Original Jazz |
| Fun Time: Count Basie Big Band at Montreux... | Pablo | |
| Basie and Zoot | Original Jazz | |
| Basie Big Band | Pablo | |
| Basie Jam at Montreux '75 | Pablo | |
| For the Second Time | Pablo | |
| Jam Session at Montreux, 1975 | Pablo | |
| Jam Session At the Montreux Jazz Festival... | Original Jazz | |
1976 |
Basie Jam, Vol. 2 | Original Jazz |
| Basie Jam, Vol. 3 | Pablo | |
| I Told You So | Pablo | |
1977 |
Basie in Europe | Lrc Jazz Class |
| Basie Big Band: Montreux '77 | Original Jazz | |
| Gifted Ones | Pablo | |
| Basie Jam: Montreux '77 | Pablo | |
| Montreux '77: Art of the Jam Session | Original Jazz | |
| Satch and Josh.....Again | Pablo | |
| Prime Time | Pablo | |
| Kansas City, Vol. 5 | Pablo | |
1978 |
Big Bands, an Old Manuscript | BH |
| Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson | Pablo | |
| On Tour Down for Double | BH | |
| Live in Japan (1978) | Pablo | |
| Milt Jackson & Count Basie & The Big Band,... | Pablo | |
| Rock-A-Bye Basie, Vol. 1 | BH | |
| Yessir, That's My Baby | Pablo | |
| Night Rider | Pablo | |
| Timekeepers | Pablo | |
1979 |
Milt Jackson & Count Basie & The Big Band,... | Pablo |
| On the Road | Pablo | |
| Get Together | Pablo | |
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1980 |
Basie Reunions | Prestige |
| Kansas City Shout | Pablo | |
| Kansas City, Vol. 7 | Pablo | |
1981 |
Kansas City, Vol. 6 | Pablo |
| Warm Breeze | Pablo | |
1982 |
Farmers Market Barbecue | Original Jazz |
1983 |
Fancy Pants | Pablo |
| Me and You | Pablo | |
| Mostly Blues...and Some Others | Pablo | |
| 88 Basie Street | Original Jazz | |
1985 |
Basie in Europe/Blues Alley | Lrc Jazz Class |
1986 |
Long Live the Chief | Denon |
1988 |
Autumn in Paris | Magic |
1989 |
Some Pair! | Pair |
| Legend: The Legacy | Denon | |
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1991 |
Kansas City | Pablo |
| Blues for Basie | A&M | |
| I Like Jazz: The Essence of Count Basie | Columbia | |
1992 |
Count Basie & His Orchestra | Laserlight |
| Giants of the Big Band Era: Count Basie | Pilz | |
| Compact Jazz: Basie Plays the Blues | Verve | |
| Atomic | Vogue | |
| Corner Pocket | Laserlight | |
| Live at El Morocco | Telarc | |
| One O'Clock Jump [MCA] | MCA | |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Laserlight | |
| Count Basie Orchestra | Laserlight | |
| Basie's Bag | Telarc | |
1994 |
Apple Jump | Alshire |
| Midnite Blue | Jazz World | |
| One O'Clock Jump [Four Star] | Four Star | |
| Live at Tilburg, Holland | Jazz Band | |
| Low Life | Drive | |
1995 |
Big Band Basie | Reference |
| With Duke Ellington | Tristar | |
| Live in France | RTE | |
| Soloist 1941/1959 | Musidisc | |
| Basie Boogie | Jazz Hour | |
| All Stars '54 | Moon | |
| August 5 1958 | Canby | |
| Basie Jam | Analogue Produ | |
| Basie Rhythm | Hep | |
| Basie Swing | Jazz World | |
1996 |
Count Basie and the Kansas City Seven | GRP |
| Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild | Blue Jackel | |
| 1938-1939 | Classics | |
| Golden Years, Vol. 4 | Epm Musique | |
| Jumpin' at the Woodside, Vol. 2 | Jazz Hour | |
| Masterpieces, Vol. 8 | Epm Musique | |
| Swingin' Machine: Live | Le Jazz | |
| It Had to Be You | Dove | |
| Makin' Whoopee Collector's | Ed | |
| One O'Clock Jump [K-Tel] | K-Tel | |
| Pop Classics | Brunswick | |
| Unbeatable Basie | Beat Avid | |
1997 |
1938-39, Vol. 8 | Masters Of Jazz |
| Live: 1938 at the Famous Door | NYC Jazz Hour | |
| 1945-1946 | Classics | |
| At the Royal Roost NY 1948 | Drive | |
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- Others - |
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| Count Basie Band | Verve |
| Ain't It the Truth | Jazz Man |
| Count Basie at the Savoy Ballroom | Everest |
| Every Tub | Columbia |
| I Got Rhythm | Vee-Jay |
| Jumpin' at the Woodside | Trace |
| New Year at Birdland | Bandstand |
| Shoutin' Blues/Count Basie 1949 | RCA/Bluebird |
| Count Basie Featuring Anita O'Day & the Tadd... | EPM |
| Hannah & Her Sisters | MCA Special Pr |
| Swingin' at the Daisy Chain | Affinity |
| Back to the Basie and the Blues | Roulette |
| Everything's Comin' up Roses | Quintessence J |
| Classic Count | Intermedia |
| Deacon | Intermedia |
| Atomic Band Live in Europe | Bandstand |
| Orchestra | Ejz |
| Blues Alley | Lrc Jazz Class |
| Cream of Count Basie, Vol. 1 (1937-1939) | Pearl Flapper |
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