{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = String Along with Basie | type = Studio | artist = Count Basie | cover = String_Along_with_Basie.jpg | alt = | released = 1960 | recorded = July 20, 1959 and May 10 & 11, 1960<small><br>New York City</small> | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Roulette<br><small>SR 52051</small> | producer = Teddy Reig | chronology = Count Basie | prev_title = Dance Along with Basie | prev_year = 1959 | next_title = Not Now, I'll Tell You When | next_year = 1960 }}
'''''String Along with Basie''''' is an album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie accompanied by a small band and string section on tracks recorded in 1959 and 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label.<ref>Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/roulette/roulettec.html Roulette Album Discography, Part 3], accessed November 3, 2015</ref><ref>Kitora, R., [http://www.geocities.jp/count_basie_fan_site/discography/string_along_with_basie.html Count Basie Discography], accessed November 3, 2015</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }} AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.<ref name="Allmusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/album/string-along-with-basie-mw0000865405 Allmusic listing], accessed November 3, 2015</ref>
==Track listing== # "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 2:52 # "Song of the Islands" (Chas. E. King) - 4:14 # "Stringing the Blues" (Jimmy Jones) - 4:07 # "The One I Love" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 3:35 # "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David) - 3:34 # "Blues Bittersweet" (Quincy Jones) - 2:38 # "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 4:15 # "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" (Holt Marvell, Harry Link, Jack Strachey) - 4:32 # "She's Funny That Way (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me)" (Neil Moret, Richard Whiting) – 3:14 # "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 3:15 *Recorded in New York City on July 20, 1959 (tracks 5, 6 & 8) and May 10 & 11, 1960 (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10)
== Personnel == *Count Basie - piano *Freddie Green - guitar *George Duvivier - bass *Jimmy Crawford - drums *Unidentified string orchestra *Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone (tracks 5, 6 & 8) *Illinois Jacquet (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10), Ben Webster (tracks 5, 6 & 8) - tenor saxophone *Herbie Mann, Frank Wess - flute (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10) *Andy Fitzgerald - bass flute, bass clarinet (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10) *Quincy Jones (tracks 5, 6 & 8), George Williams (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 & 10) - arrangers
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