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.
Reception
COUNT BASIE AND THE KANSAS CITY 7 -1962 w/ SONNY PAYNE (Full Album) - Album Recorded: March 21 & 22, 1962 Count Basie â€" piano, organ Thad Jones â€" trumpet Frank Wess â€" flute, alto flute (tracks 2, 6 & 8) Frank Foster â€" tenor saxophone, clarinet (tracks...
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". In a contemporaneous review in the October 11, 1962 issue of Down Beat magazine, Leonard Feather rated the album at 4.5 stars.
Track listing
- "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) â€" 4:40
- "Secrets" (Frank Wess) â€" 4:08
- "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) â€" 4:16
- "Shoe Shine Boy" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) â€" 4:07
- "Count's Place" (Count Basie) â€" 5:28
- "Senator Whitehead" (Wess) â€" 4:12
- "Tally-Ho, Mr. Basie!" (Basie) â€" 4:28
- "What'cha Talkin'?" (Thad Jones) â€" 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 â€" piano, organ
- Thad Jones â€" trumpet
- Frank Wess â€" flute, alto flute (tracks 2, 6 & 8)
- Frank Foster â€" tenor saxophone, clarinet (tracks 1, 3-5 & 7)
- Eric Dixon â€" tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Freddie Green â€" guitar
- Eddie Jones â€" bass
- Sonny Payne â€" drums
Production
- Pete Turner - photography
References
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