For the First Time is a 1974 studio album by Count Basie, with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Louie Bellson. Basie, Brown and Bellson followed For the First Time with For the Second Time (1975).
Contents
Track listing
"Baby Lawrence" (Count Basie) – 3:10
"Pres" (Basie) – 3:28
"I'll Always Be in Love With You" (Bud Green, Fred Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 5:54
"Blues in the Church" (Basie) – 5:00
"Oh, Lady Be Good [Concept 1]" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:32
"Oh, Lady Be Good [Concept 2]" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:57
"Blues in the Alley" (Basie) – 6:44
"As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:33
"Song of the Islands" (Charles E. King) – 4:51
"Royal Gardens Blues" (Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams) – 4:28
"(Un) Easy Does It" (Sy Oliver, Trummy Young) – 4:08
"O.P." (Basie) – 4:48
Personnel
Count Basie - piano
Ray Brown - double bass
Louie Bellson - drums