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Memories Ad-Lib
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedOctober 16–18, 1958
New York City
GenreJazz
Length34:27
LabelRoulette
SR 52021
ProducerTeddy Reig
Count Basie chronology
Sing Along with Basie
(1958)
Memories Ad-Lib
(1959)
Basie One More Time
(1959)
Joe Williams chronology
Sing Along with Basie
(1958)
Memories Ad-Lib
(1958)
Everyday I Have the Blues
(1959)

Memories Ad-Lib is an album by singer Joe Williams with Count Basie featuring tracks recorded in 1958 which was originally released on the Roulette label.[1][2] It is notable for featuring several short solo passages by rhythm guitarist Freddie Green.[3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Ken Dryden states, "it will be greatly appreciated by fans of Count Basie and Joe Williams".[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:27
  2. "I'll Always Be in Love With You" (Bud Green, Herman Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 2:45
  3. "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Victor Young, Will J. Harris) – 2:20
  4. "If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" (James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer) – 3:10
  5. "Dinah" (Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) – 3:20
  6. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 2:49 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 2:22
  8. "Call Me Darling (Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear)" (Dorothy Dick, Mart Fryberg, Rolf Marbot, Bert Reisfeld) – 3:06
  9. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 2:40
  10. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Razaf) – 3:22
  11. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Waller, Razaf) – 2:26
  12. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 3, 2015
  • ^ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 3, 2015
  • ^ Cunniffe, Thomas Count Basie/Joe Williams: "Memories Ad-Lib" (Roulette LP 52021), accessed February 4, 2016
  • ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Memories Ad-Lib – ReviewatAllMusic. Retrieved November 3, 2015.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Memories_Ad-Lib&oldid=1216908018"

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