Prime Time (Count Basie album)

Prime Time
Studio album by Count Basie
Released	1977
Recorded	January 18–20, 1977
Studio	Sun West Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz, big band
Length	42:24
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Basie Jam 3 (1976) Prime Time (1977) Kansas City 5 (1977)

Prime Time is an album by Count Basie that won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band in 1978.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Track listing

All music composed by Sammy Nestico, except where noted.

1. "Prime Time" – 7:33
2. "Bundle O'Funk" – 5:16
3. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 3:34
4. "Featherweight" – 4:52
5. "Reachin' Out" – 6:36
6. "Ja-Da" (Bob Carlton) – 5:45
7. "The Great Debate" – 4:48
8. "Ya Gotta Try" – 4:00

Personnel

• Count Basie – piano
• Lin Biviano – trumpet
• Sonny Cohn – trumpet
• Pete Minger – trumpet
• Bobby Mitchell – trumpet
• Curtis Fuller – trombone
• Al Grey – trombone
• Bill Hughes – trombone
• Mel Wanzo – trombone
• Bobby Plater – alto saxophone
• Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Forrest – saxophone
• Danny Turner – saxophone
• Charles Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green – guitar
• John Duke – double bass
• Reinie Press – bass guitar
• Nat Pierce – piano
• Butch Miles – drums
• Sammy Nestico – arranger, conductor