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COUNT BASIE
COUNT BASIE AND THE KANSAS CITY 7 + 1 BONUS TRACK (LP) (LTD)
| Label | JAZZ WAX |
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| Catalog | 4570LP |
| Format | LP |
| Discs | 1 |
| Category | JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY |
| Street Date | 2016-03-14 |
- LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs. HIGH-DEFINITION PREMIUM VINYL PRESSING FOR SUPER FIDELITY. THE WAY THIS MUSIC WAS MEANT TO BE HEARD. STEREO. 180 gram VINYL -AUDIOPHILE PRESSING
The superb 1962 LP Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (Impulse AS15) is purely instrumental and showcases Basie on piano and organ leading a septet featuring some of the best components of his orchestra. The title makes obvious reference to the aforementioned recording formations from the late 1930s with Lester Young and Buck Clayton. Basie would continue using such labels for his small groups. He recorded an album titled Kansas City 5 in 1977 accompanied by Milt Jackson on vibraphone Joe Pass on guitar John Heard on bass and Louie Bellson on drums. As mentioned in Stanley Dance’s excellent original liner notes two of the tracks from Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 “Oh Lady Be Good” and “Shoe Shine Boy” can be compared to the earlier versions waxed by “Jones-Smith Incorporated” in 1936. “I Want a Little Girl” had been taped by the Basie band with Jimmy Rushing on vocals on August 8 1940 with a different arrangement. Also included here is the song “Trey of Heart” which completes the session and first appeared on the compilation album The Definitive Jazz Scene Vol.1 (Impulse AS99).
COUNT BASIE piano (organ on A3 only)
THAD JONES trumpet
FRANK WESS flute (alto flute on A2 B2 & B4-B5)
FRANK FOSTER tenor sax (clarinet on A1 A3-A4 B1 & B3)
ERIC DIXON tenor saxophone flute & clarinet
FREDDIE GREEN guitar
EDDIE JONES bass
SONNY PAYNE drums
New York March 21 (A2 B2 B4 & B5) & March 22 (tracks A1 A3-A4 B1 & B3) 1962.
Original sessions produced by BOB THIELE.
Arrangements: Thad Jones: A1 B4 & B5; Frank Wess: A2 B2
Count Basie: A3 B1 & B3; Frank Foster: A4.
*Bonus track: From the same sessions but not included on the original LP.
- SIDE A:
1. OH LADY BE GOOD (George & Ira Gershwin) 4:41
2. SECRETS (Frank Wess) 4:08
3. I WANT A LITTLE GIRL (Murray Mencher-Billy Moll) 4:17
4. SHOE SHINE BOY (Sammy Cahn-Saul Chaplin) 4:07
SIDE B:
1. COUNT’S PLACE (Count Basie) 5:29
2. SENATOR WHITEHEAD (Frank Wess) 4:12
3. TALLY-HO MR. BASIE! (Count Basie) 4:28
4. WHAT’CHA TALKIN’? (Thad Jones) 4:59
5. TREY OF HEARTS (Thad Jones) 3:45*
