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1959 studio album by Joe Williams with Count Basie & His Orchestra
Everyday I Have the Blues
Released 1959 Recorded September 19, 1957, and September 24, 1959 Capitol Studios, New York City and Universal Recording, Chicago
Genre
Jazz Length 39 :20
Label
Roulette SR 52033
Producer
Teddy Reig
Everyday I Have the Blues is an album by singer
Joe Williams with
Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring tracks recorded in 1959 (with one track from 1957 on the original LP) which was originally released on the
Roulette label.
[1]
[2]
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by John Bush states, "Joe Williams had enlivened the Count Basie band for so long that it was natural for Basie and company to return the favor on his 1959 solo LP for Roulette. And with a trio of Basie arrangers – Frank Foster, Ernie Wilkins, Thad Jones – providing charts for a rather small group here, the results are excellent".
[3]
In
DownBeat ,
Ralph Gleason finds "the Basie band really shining as
an accompanying instrument" and argues this is Williams' "best album under his own name."
[4]
Track listing
"
Everyday " (William York) – 4:43
"
Baby Won't You Please Come Home " (Charles Warfield,
Clarence Williams ) – 1:58
"Going to Chicago Blues" (Count Basie,
Jimmy Rushing ) – 4:08 (this track was originally released on Sing Along With Basie ; not on CD reissue)
"
Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You " (
Andy Razaf ,
Don Redman ) – 2:28
"It's a Low Down Dirty Shame" (
Ollie Shepard ) – 5:23
"
Shake, Rattle and Roll " (
Charles Calhoun ) – 2:14
"Just a Dream" (
Big Bill Broonzy ) – 2:53
"Cherry Red" (
Pete Johnson ) – 2:53
"Good Mornin' Blues" (Basie,
Eddie Durham , Rushing) – 2:51
"What Did You Win" (
Sid Wyche , R. Watts) – 2:17
"Ain't No Use" (Wyche,
Leroy Kirkland ) – 2:56
"Confessin' the Blues" (
Jay McShann ,
Walter Brown ) – 2:48 (bonus track on CD reissue)
"Five O'Clock in the Morning" (Joe Williams) – 3:15 (bonus track on CD reissue)
"How Can You Lose" (
Benny Carter ) – 2:34 (bonus track on CD reissue)
Recorded on September 19, 1957, at Capitol Studios in New York City (tracks 4 & 12), and at Universal Studios in Chicago on March 4, 1958 (tracks 13 & 14) and September 24 & 25, 1959 (tracks 1–2 & 5–11)
Personnel
Joe Williams – vocals
Count Basie – piano
John Anderson (tracks 1–2 & 5–11),
Wendell Culley (tracks 4 & 12–14),
Thad Jones ,
Joe Newman ,
Snooky Young – trumpet
Henry Coker ,
Al Grey (tracks 1–2, 5–11, 13 & 14),
Bill Hughes (tracks 13 & 14),
Benny Powell – trombone
Marshal Royal –
alto saxophone , clarinet
Frank Wess – alto saxophone,
tenor saxophone , flute
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tracks 4 & 12),
Frank Foster ,
Billy Mitchell (tracks 1–2, 5–11, 13 & 14) – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes –
baritone saxophone
Freddie Green – guitar
Eddie Jones –
bass
Sonny Payne – drums
References
^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M.
Roulette Album Discography, Part 3 , accessed November 3, 2015
^ Kitora, R.,
Count Basie Discography – 1950–1959 , accessed November 3, 2015
^
a
b Bush, John.
Everyday I Have the Blues – Review at
AllMusic . Retrieved November 3, 2015.
^
a
b Gleason, Ralph (January 7, 1960). "Record Reviews".
DownBeat . Vol. 27, no. 1. p. 36.
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums Live albums
Members 1951–1960
Dance Session (1952–54, Clef)
Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (with
Joe Williams ) (1955, Clef)
April in Paris (1955–56, Verve)
The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards (with
Joe Williams ) (1956, Verve)
Basie in London (live) (1956, Verve)
One O'Clock Jump (with
Joe Williams and
Ella Fitzgerald ) (1957, Verve)
Count Basie at Newport (live) (1957, Verve)
E = MC² (1958, Roulette)
Basie Plays Hefti (1958, Roulette)
No Count Sarah (with
Sarah Vaughan ) (1958, EmArcy)
Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959, Roulette)
Welcome to the Club (Uncredited) (
Nat King Cole ) (1959, Capitol)
In Person! (with
Tony Bennett ) (1959, Columbia)
Chairman of the Board (1959, Roulette)
Strike Up the Band (with
Tony Bennett ) (1959, Roulette)
Basie/Eckstine Incorporated (with
Billy Eckstine ) (1959, Roulette)
Everyday I Have the Blues (with
Joe Williams ) (1959, Roulette)
The Count Basie Story (1960, Roulette)
I Gotta Right to Swing (Uncredited) (
Sammy Davis Jr. ) (1960, Decca)
1961–1970
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with
Duke Ellington ) (1961, Columbia)
The Legend (1961, Roulette)
Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (with
Sarah Vaughan ) (1961, Roulette)
Basie at Birdland (live) (1961, Roulette)
Easin' It (1962, Roulette)
Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (with
Frank Sinatra ) (1962, Reprise)
On My Way & Shoutin' Again! (1963, Verve)
Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! (1963, Verve)
This Time by Basie! (1963, Verve)
Ella and Basie! (with
Ella Fitzgerald ) (1963, Verve)
Basie Land (1964, Verve)
It Might as Well Be Swing (with
Frank Sinatra ) (1964, Reprise)
Basie Picks the Winners (1965, Verve)
Our Shining Hour (with
Sammy Davis Jr. ) (1965, Verve)
Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (with
Arthur Prysock ) (1965, Verve)
Basie's Beatle Bag (1965, Verve)
Broadway Basie's...Way (1966, Command)
Basie Meets Bond (1966, United Artists)
Hollywood...Basie's Way (1966, Command)
Sinatra at the Sands (live, with
Frank Sinatra ) (1966, Reprise)
Basie's Beat (1967, Verve)
Half a Sixpence (1967, Dot)
The Board of Directors (with
The Mills Brothers ) (1968, Dot)
The Board of Directors Annual Report (with
The Mills Brothers ) (1968, Dot)
Basie Straight Ahead (1969, Dot)
Standing Ovation (1969, Dot)
Afrique (1970, RCA Victor)
Basie on the Beatles (1970,
Happy Tiger )
1971–1980
Have A Nice Day (1971, Daybreak)
Bing 'n' Basie (with
Bing Crosby ) (1972, Daybreak)
Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (live) (1972, Pablo)
The Bosses (with
Big Joe Turner ) (1973, Pablo)
Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo)
Fun Time (1975, Pablo)
I Told You So (1976, Pablo)
Prime Time (1977, Pablo)
Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo)
Live in Japan '78 (live) (1978, Pablo)
On the Road (1979, Pablo)
Digital III at Montreux (live) (1979, Pablo)
A Classy Pair (with
Ella Fitzgerald ) (1979, Pablo)
A Perfect Match (live, with
Ella Fitzgerald ) (1979, Pablo)
Kansas City Shout (1980, Pablo)
1981–1990
Warm Breeze (1981, Pablo)
Send in the Clowns (
Sarah Vaughan ) (1981, Pablo)
Farmer's Market Barbecue (1982, Pablo)
88 Basie Street (1983, Pablo)
Me and You (1983, Pablo)
Fancy Pants (final album with
Count Basie ) (1983, Pablo)
Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon)
Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (live, with
Diane Schuur ) (1987, GRP)
The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon)
1991–2000
The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.)
The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc)
Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc)
Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel)
At Long Last (with
Rosemary Clooney ) (1998, Concord)
Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA)
Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)
2001–present Small-group sessions
Basie Jam (1973, Pablo)
For the First Time (1974, Pablo)
Basie & Zoot (with
Zoot Sims ) (1975, Pablo)
For the Second Time (1975, Pablo)
Basie Jam 2 (1976, Pablo)
Basie Jam 3 (1976, Pablo)
Kansas City 5 (1977, Pablo)
The Gifted Ones (with
Dizzy Gillespie ) (1977, Pablo)
Basie Jam: Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo)
Satch and Josh...Again (with
Oscar Peterson ) (1977, Pablo)
Night Rider (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo)
Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo)
Yessir, That's My Baby (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo)
Kansas City 7 (1980, Pablo)
Kansas City 6 (1981, Pablo)
Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983, Pablo)