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{{Infobox album
| name       = Basic Basie
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [[Count Basie]] and [[Count Basie Orchestra|His Orchestra]]
| cover      = Basic Basie.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1969
| recorded   = October 20, 1969
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Universal Recording Corporation|Universal]] ([[Chicago]])
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = 33:08
| label      = [[MPS Records|MPS]]<br><small>MPS 15 264</small>
| producer   = [[Sonny Lester]]
| chronology = [[Count Basie]]
| prev_title = [[Standing Ovation (Count Basie album)|Standing Ovation]]
| prev_year  = 1969
| next_title = [[Basie on the Beatles]]
| next_year  = 1969
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
| header  = ''Evergreens'' Cover
| type    = Studio
| cover   = Evergreens (Count Basie album).jpg
| border  =
| alt     =
| caption =
}}
}}
'''''Basic Basie''''' is an album by pianist and bandleader [[Count Basie]]  featuring performances recorded in Chicago in 1969 and released on the [[MPS Records|MPS]] label.<ref>Kitora, R., [http://www.geocities.jp/count_basie_fan_site/discography/basic_basie.html Count Basie Discography], accessed November 15, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.mps-music.com/portfolio-items/count-basie-orchestra/ MPS Records listing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022014/http://www.mps-music.com/portfolio-items/count-basie-orchestra/ |date=2015-11-17 }}, accessed October 14, 2015</ref> It was released in the U.S. in 1972 on the [[Groove Merchant]] label as ''Evergreens''.<ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Groove_Merchant_2200.htm Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 2200 Series], accessed March 26, 2018</ref>
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
}}
[[AllMusic]] awarded the album 2 stars.<ref name="Allmusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/album/basic-basie-mw0000187669 Allmusic listing], accessed November 14, 2015</ref>
==Track listing==
# "[[Idaho (Jesse Stone song)|Idaho]]"  ([[Jesse Stone]]) - 2:19
# "[[Blues in My Heart]]" ([[Benny Carter]], [[Irving Mills]]) - 2:53
# "[[I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You]]" ([[Victor Young]], [[Ned Washington]], [[Bing Crosby]]) - 3:55
# "[[Red Roses for a Blue Lady]]" ([[Sid Tepper]],  [[Roy C. Bennett]]) - 2:52
# "[[Moonglow (song)|Moonglow]]" (Will Hudson, Mills, [[Eddie DeLange]]) - 2:56
# "[[Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me]]" ([[Con Conrad]], [[Sidney Clare]]) - 2:16
# "M-Squad" (Count Basie) - 2:18
# "[[Sweet Lorraine]]" ([[Cliff Burwell]], [[Mitchell Parish]]) - 3:27
# "[[Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]" ([[Fats Waller]], [[Harry Brooks (composer)|Harry Brooks]]. [[Andy Razaf]]) - 2:36
# "[[Don't Worry 'bout Me]]" ([[Rube Bloom]], [[Ted Koehler]]) - 2:56
# "[[As Long as I Live (Arlen-Koehler song)|As Long as I Live]]" ([[Harold Arlen]], Koehler) - 2:48
# "[[I've Got the World on a String]]" (Arlen, Koehler) - 2:47
== Personnel ==
*[[Count Basie]] - [[piano]]
*[[Oscar Brashear]], Gene Coe, [[Sonny Cohn]], [[Waymon Reed]] - [[trumpet]]
*Frank Hooks, [[Grover Mitchell]], [[Mel Wanzo]] - [[trombone]]
*[[Bill Hughes (musician)|Bill Hughes]] - [[bass trombone]]
*[[Marshal Royal]], [[Bobby Plater]] - [[alto saxophone]]
*[[Eric Dixon (musician)|Eric Dixon]], [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] - [[tenor saxophone]]
*[[Charlie Fowlkes]] - [[baritone saxophone]]
*[[Freddie Green]] - [[guitar]]
*[[Norman Keenan]]  - [[double bass|bass]]
*Harold Jones - [[drum kit|drums]]
== References ==
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[[Category:1969 albums]]
[[Category:Count Basie Orchestra albums]]
[[Category:MPS Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Sonny Lester]]