Grade List: Count Basie

  1. Count Basie: Count Basie, Vol. 1 (1932, Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo)
  2. Count Basie: The Best of Early Basie (1937-1939 [1996], MCA) A
  3. Count Basie: Swingsation (1937, GRP)
  4. Count Basie: The Complete Decca Recordings (1937-1939 [1992], MCA) A
  5. Count Basie: The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 1 (1936-1939 [1987], Columbia) A
  6. Count Basie: Swinging the Blues (1938, Dreyfus)
  7. Count Basie: Count Basie 1938-1939 (1938-1939 [1996], Classics)
  8. Count Basie: The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 2 (1939-1940 [1987], Columbia) A
  9. Count Basie: Count Basie, Vol. 2 (1938, Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo)
  10. Count Basie: The Essential Count Basie, Vol. 3 (1940-1941 [1987], Columbia) A-
  11. Count Basie: One O'Clock Jump: The Very Best of Count Basie (1936-1942 [2006], Columbia/Legacy) A
  12. Count Basie: The Jubilee Alternatives (1943, Hep)
  13. Count Basie: Old Manuscripts, Broadcast Transcriptions (1943, Music & Arts)
  14. Count Basie: Beaver Junction (1944, Vintage Jazz Classics)
  15. Count Basie: 1947 Brand New Wagon (1947, RCA)
  16. Count Basie [Anita O'Day, Tadd Dameron]: Count Basie Featuring Anita O'Day and the Tadd Dameron Trio (1945, EPM)
  17. Count Basie: Kansas City Powerhouse (Bluebird's Best) (1929-1949 [2002], Bluebird) B+
  18. Count Basie: America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years (1936-1950 [2003], Columbia/Legacy) A
  19. Count Basie: Count Basie and His Great Vocalists (1939-1950 [1993], Columbia/Legacy) A-
  20. Count Basie: The Count Basie Story (1936, Proper)
  21. Count Basie: Lausanne 1952 [Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series, Vol. 48] (1952 [2024], TCB) B+(***)
  22. Count Basie: Live 1954 (At the Savoy Ballroom) (1954, Delta)
  23. Count Basie: Class of '54 (1954 [1989], Black Lion) B
  24. Count Basie: On Tour! Recorded Live in Topeka, Kansas 1955 (1955 [1996], Jazz Classics)
  25. Count Basie [Joe Williams]: Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955 [1993], Verve) B+
  26. Count Basie: April in Paris (1956, Verve) B+
  27. Count Basie: Mustermesse Basel 1956 Part 1 [Swiss Radio Days, Jazz Series, Vol. 19] (1956 [2009], TCB) A-
  28. Count Basie: Count Basie at Newport (1957 [1989], Verve) B+
  29. Count Basie: The Greatest!! (1957, Verve)
  30. Count Basie: Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Count Basie (1932-1957 [2000], Verve) A
  31. Count Basie: The Complete Atomic Basie (1957-1958 [1994], Roulette) A-
  32. Count Basie: Count on the Coast Vol. 1 (1958, Phontastic)
  33. Count Basie: Count on the Coast Vol. 2 (1958, Phontastic)
  34. Count Basie [Tony Bennett]: Basie Swings, Bennett Sings (1958, Roulette)
  35. Count Basie: Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959, Roulette)
  36. Count Basie: Live (1956, Sequel)
  37. Count Basie: Live 1958-59 (1958, Status)
  38. Count Basie [Billy Eckstine]: Basie and Eckstine, Inc. (1959, Roulette)
  39. Count Basie: The Count Basie Story (1957-1960 [2004], Roulette) B+
  40. Count Basie: Basie at Birdland (1961 [2007], Roulette Jazz) A-
  41. Count Basie: Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (0, ) B+
  42. Count Basie: On My Way and Shoutin' Again (1962 [2009], Verve) B+(*)
  43. Count Basie: The Complete Roulette Studio Count Basie (1957, Mosaic)
  44. Count Basie: The Complete Roulette Live Count Basie (1959, Mosaic)
  45. Count Basie: 100th Birthday Bash (1957-1962 [2004], Roulette) B
  46. Count Basie: Basie Land (1963 [2009], Verve) A-
  47. Count Basie: Frankly Basie: Count Basie Plays the Hits of Frank Sinatra (1963 [1993], Verve) B+(*)
  48. Count Basie: Jazz Masters 2 (1952-1963 [1994], Verve) B+
  49. Count Basie [Sammy Davis Jr.]: Our Shining Hour (1965 [1994], Verve)
  50. Count Basie: Basie's Beatle Bag (1966, Verve)
  51. Count Basie: Standing Ovation (1969, Dot)
  52. Count Basie: Basie Jam (1973 [1975], Pablo) B+(*)
  53. Count Basie [Oscar Peterson]: Count Basie Encounters Oscar Peterson: Satch and Josh (1974, Pablo) B+(**)
  54. Count Basie [Joe Turner]: The Bosses (1973 [1974], Pablo) B+(***)
  55. Count Basie [Zoot Sims]: Basie and Zoot (1975 [1976], Pablo) B+(***)
  56. Count Basie: I Told You So (1976, Pablo OJC)
  57. Count Basie: Basie in Europe (1977, LRC)
  58. Count Basie: Get Together (1979 [1986], Pablo) B+(***)
  59. Basie All Stars: Live at Fabrik Vol. 1: Hamburg 1981 (1981 [2023], Jazzline) B+(**)
  60. Count Basie: The Best of Count Basie Big Band (1975-1983 [1989], Pablo) B
  61. Count Basie: The Golden Years (1973, Pablo)
  62. Count Basie: Jazz 'Round Midnight: Count Basie (1995, Verve)
  63. Count Basie: Atomic Swing (1999, Blue Note)

Number of A-listed albums: 13 (of 32 rated).

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