Dance Session
Dance Session | ||||
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Studio album by Count Basie | ||||
Released | 1954 | |||
Recorded |
August 13 and December 12, 1953 Los Angeles, CA and Fine Sound, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 34:39 | |||
Label |
Clef MG C-626 | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
Count Basie chronology | ||||
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Dance Session is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1953 and became Basie's first 12-inch LP when it was originally released on the Clef label.[1][2][3][4] Selections from this album were also released on the 1956 Clef LPs Basie Roars Again and King of Swing.
Track listing
- "Straight Life" (Johnny Mandel) - 4:33
- "Basie Goes Wess" (Frank Wess) - 3:52
- "Softly, With Feeling" (Neal Hefti) - 3:05
- "Peace Pipe" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:28
- "Blues Go Away!" (Wilkins) - 3:19
- "Cherry Point" (Hefti) - 3:19
- "Bubbles" (Hefti) - 4:05
- "Right On" (Freddie Green) - 2:39
- "The Blues Done Come Back" (Wilkins) - 3:37
- "Plymouth Rock" (Hefti) - 3:42
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on August 13 (tracks 5 & 10) and at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on December 12 (tracks 1-4 & 6-9), 1953
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano, organ
- Paul Campbell (tracks 5 & 10), Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder (tracks 1-4 & 6-9) - trumpet
- Johnny Mandel - bass trumpet, arranger (tracks 5 & 10)
- Henderson Chambers (tracks 1-4 & 6-9), Henry Coker, Benny Powell - trombone
- Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Ernie Wilkins - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger
- Frank Wess - tenor saxophone, arranger
- Frank Foster - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar, arranger
- Eddie Jones- bass
- Gus Johnson - drums
- Neal Hefti - arranger
References
- ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Clef Label Discography, accessed November 18, 2015
- ↑ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 18, 2015
- ↑ Clef Records Catalog: 600 series, accessed November 18, 2015
- ↑ Big Band Paradise, accessed November 18, 2015
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