Kings of SwingFor and introduction to Count Basie: Golden Years – Volume 1-3 (Jazz Archives). Or go all out with the Complete Count Basie Decca Recordings 1937-1944 (Decca) and the Essential Count Basie Volume 1-3 (Columbia). And for an example of how inventive and resilient Basie and his bands were over the years – even after the Big Band era tailed off in the 1950s and 1960s – try picking up the Complete Atomic Basie (Roulette/Capitol) from the early 1960s or Farmer’s Market Barbecue (Original Jazz Classics) from the
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