''Memories Ad-Lib'' is an album by singer Joe Williams with

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featuring tracks recorded in 1958 which was originally released on the

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label. It is notable for featuring several short solo passages by rhythm guitarist Freddie Green.Cunniffe, Thoma
Count Basie/Joe Williams: "Memories Ad-Lib" (Roulette LP 52021)
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Reception

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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".

Track listing

# " Ain't Misbehavin'" ( Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf,

Fats Waller Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. A widely popular star ...

) – 3:27 # "I'll Always Be in Love With You" ( Bud Green, Herman Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 2:45 # " Sweet Sue, Just You" ( Victor Young, Will J. Harris) – 2:20 # " If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" ( James P. Johnson,

Henry Creamer Henry Sterling Creamer (June 21, 1879 – October 14, 1930) was a popular song lyricist and theater producer. He was born in Richmond, Virginia, and died in New York. He co-wrote many popular songs in the years from 1900 to 1929, often collaborat ...

) – 3:10 # "

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" ( Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) – 3:20 # " Sometimes I'm Happy" (

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, Irving Caesar) – 2:49 Bonus track on CD reissue # "

Baby Won't You Please Come Home "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" is a blues song written by Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams in 1919. The song's authorship is disputed; Warfield claims that he was the sole composer of the song. The song has been covered by many musicia ...

" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 2:22 # "Call Me Darling (Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear)" (Dorothy Dick, Mart Fryberg, Rolf Marbot, Bert Reisfeld) – 3:06 # " The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" ( Isham Jones,

Gus Kahn Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including " Pretty Baby", " Ain't We Got Fun?", " Carolina in the Morning", " Toot, Toot, Tootsie (G ...

) – 2:40 # " Memories of You" (

Eubie Blake James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. Blake began his career in 1912, and during World War I he worked in partnership with the singer, drum ...

, Razaf) – 3:22 # " Honeysuckle Rose" (Waller, Razaf) – 2:26 # " All of Me" ( Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 2:40 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

* Joe Williams – vocals *

–

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* Freddie Green – guitar * George Duvivier –

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* Jimmy Crawford – drums *

Harry Edison Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. His most important contribution was as a Hollywood studio musician, whose muted trumpet can be heard back ...

– trumpet

References

{{Authority control 1959 albums Albums produced by Teddy Reig Count Basie albums Joe Williams (jazz singer) albums Roulette Records albums