Basra is the debut album by drummer Pete La Roca, recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label.

[2] Bassist Steve Swallow recounted that he and La Roca had taken LSD prior to traveling to recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's New Jersey studio for the session.

[3] He also said that Van Gelder threatened to end the session after pianist Steve Kuhn started manually plucking the piano strings.

[3] The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "It is strange to realize that drummer Pete La Roca only led two albums during the prime years of his career, for this CD reissue of his initial date is a classic".

[4] All compositions by Pete La Roca except as noted