Basie Straight Ahead

Basie Straight Ahead
Studio album by Count Basie and Orchestra
Released	1968
Recorded	September 1968
Genre	Swing Big band music
Label	Dot
Producer	Tom Mack and Teddy Reid

Basie Straight Ahead is a LP album recorded at TTG Studios, Hollywood, California in October 1968 featuring Count Basie and his orchestra. The tunes were all composed, arranged and conducted by Sammy Nestico. The engineers were Ami Hadani and Thorne Nogar, and the producers were Tom Mack and Teddy Reig. The disc was issued in 1968 on Dot label and on English EMI.

Track listing

_{All tracks by Sammy Nestico}

1. "Basie - Straight Ahead" – 3:56
2. "It's Oh, So Nice" – 4:10
3. "Lonely Street" – 2:53
4. "Fun Time" – 3:52
5. "Magic Flea" – 3:09
6. "Switch In Time" – 3:58
7. "Hay Burner" – 4:16
8. "That Warm Feeling" – 3:33
9. "The Queen Bee" – 4:13
10. "Bee's in the trap"- 3:15

Personnel

• Count Basie – piano
• Sonny Cohn – trumpet
• Gene Coe
• Oscar Brashear
• Al Aarons
• Grover Mitchell – trombone
• Richard Boone (musician)|Richard Boone]]
• Bill Hughes
• Steve Galloway
• Marshall Royal – alto saxophone
• Bobby Plater
• Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
• Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green – guitar
• Norman Keenan – double bass
• Harold Jones – drums