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Basie One More Time (subtitled Music from the Pen of Quincy Jones) is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie performing the compositions and arrangements of Quincy Jones recorded in late 1958 and early 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.

AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow:
For this studio album from late 1958 and early 1959, the Count Basie Orchestra performs ten Quincy Jones compositions; he also contributed all of the arrangements. “I Needs to Be Beed With,” “For Lena and Lennie” and “The Midnight Sun Never Sets” all caught on and Jones’s charts helped expand the Basie sound without altering it. An excellent CD.

Track listing:
All compositions by Quincy Jones

“For Lena and Lennie” – 3:57
“Rat Race” – 2:57
“Quince” – 3:55
“Meet B B” – 3:35
“The Big Walk” – 2:55
“A Square at the Roundtable” – 2:16
“I Needs to Be Bee’d With” – 3:29
“Jessica’s Day” – 4:24
“The Midnite Sun Never Sets” – 3:34
“Muttnik” – 5:25
Recorded in New York City on December 19, 1958 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 9) and Chicago on January 23 & 24, 1959 (tracks 3, 6, 7, 8 & 10)

Personnel:
Count Basie – piano
Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young – trumpet
Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
Marshal Royal – alto saxophone, clarinet
Frank Wess – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Freddie Green – guitar
Eddie Jones – bass
Sonny Payne – drums
Quincy Jones – arranger

Released: 1959
Recorded: December 19, 1958 and January 23 & 24, 1959
New York City and Chicago
Label: Roulette
SR 52024
Producer: Teddy Reig and Rudy Traylor