Montreux '77 (Count Basie album)

Montreux '77
Live album by Count Basie
Released	1977
Recorded	July 15, 1977
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:24
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Prime Time (1976) Montreux '77 (1977) Live in Japan '78 (1978)

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Montreux '77 is an album by Count Basie and his orchestra, recorded at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival.

Track listing

1. "The Heat's On" (Sammy Nestico) – 3:39
2. "Freckle Face" (Nestico) – 6:04
3. "Splanky" (Neal Hefti) – 4:34
4. "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:41
5. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 4:53
6. "Hittin' 12" (Harrison) – 2:23
7. "Bag of Dreams" (Jimmy Forrest) – 6:14
8. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 4:14
9. "I Needs to Be Bee'd With" (Quincy Jones) – 5:07
10. "Li'l Darlin'" (Hefti) – 4:44
11. "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie, Jon Hendricks) – 3:50
12. "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 3:28

Personnel

The Count Basie Orchestra

• Count Basie - piano
• Al Grey - trombone
• Dennis Wilson - trombone
• Mel Wanzo - trombone
• Bill Hughes - trombone
• Waymon Reed - trumpet
• Lin Biviano - trumpet
• Sonny Cohn - trumpet
• Bobby Mitchell - trumpet
• Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone
• Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
• Danny Turner - saxophone
• Bobby Plater - alto saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green - guitar
• John Duke - double bass
• Butch Miles - drums