Count Basie and the Kansas City 7
Appearance
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Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | March 21 & 22, 1962 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 35:57 | |||
Label | Impulse! | |||
Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 is an album by American jazz bandleader and pianist Count Basie featuring small group performances recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label.[1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "One of Count Basie's few small-group sessions of the '60s was his best".[2] In a contemporaneous review in the October 11, 1962 issue of Down Beat magazine, Leonard Feather rated the album at 4.5 stars.[3]
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Track listing
- "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:40
- "Secrets" (Frank Wess) – 4:08
- "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:16
- "Shoe Shine Boy" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 4:07
- "Count's Place" (Count Basie) – 5:28
- "Senator Whitehead" (Wess) – 4:12
- "Tally-Ho, Mr. Basie!" (Basie) – 4:28
- "What'cha Talkin'?" (Thad Jones) – 4:59
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 21, 1962 (tracks 2, 6 & 8), and March 22, 1962 (tracks 1, 3-5 & 7)
Personnel
- Count Basie – piano, organ
- Thad Jones – trumpet
- Frank Wess – flute, alto flute (tracks 2, 6 & 8)
- Frank Foster – tenor saxophone, clarinet (tracks 1, 3-5 & 7)
- Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Freddie Green – guitar
- Eddie Jones – bass
- Sonny Payne – drums
Production
- Pete Turner - photography
References
- ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed March 16, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 16, 2011
- ^ a b Down Beat: October 11, 1962 vol. 29, no. 26
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 20. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.