Album
Count Basie Dance Sessions
1967 · Jazz
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Count Basie Dance Sessions is a Jazz album by Count Basie, originally released in 1967. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Straight Life
- A2Basie Goes Wess
- A3Softly With Feeling
- A4Peace Pipe
- A5Blues Go Away
Side B
- B1Cherry Point
- B2Bubbles
- B3Right On
- B4The Blues Done Come Back
- B5Plymouth Rock
Side C
- C1Stereophonic
- C2Mambo Mist
- C3Sixteen Men Swinging
- C4She's Just My Size
- C5You're Not The Kind
Side D
- D1I Feel Like A New Man
- D2You For Me
- D3Soft Drink
- D4Two For The Blues
- D5Slow But Sure
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Big Band & Swing
- warm
- swaggering
- groovy
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
1960s Double LP re-release of material
A1 New York City, December 12, 1953
A2 New York City, December 12, 1953
A3 New York City, December 12, 1953
A4 New York City, December 12, 1953
A5 Los Angeles - July 13, 1953
B1 New York City, December 12, 1953
B2 New York City, December 12, 1953
B3 New York City, December 12, 1953
B4 New York City, December 12, 1953
B5 Los Angeles - July 13, 1953
C1 New York City - June, 1954
C2 New York City - June, 1954
C3 New York City - June, 1954
C4 New York City - June, 1954
C5 New York City - July 25, 1952
D1 New York City - June, 1954
D2 New York City - June, 1954
D3 New York City - June, 1954
D4 New York City - June, 1954
D5 New York City - June, 1954
The VSP number leads one to believe is a Stereo issue.
However, the sticker (only) adhered to the sleeve informs us that is a 'MONO 2 Record Set'.
Within the gatefold depicts the first 12 double albums (out of a possible final count of 20?) issued in this series, dating this initial batch as 1967.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Benny PowellTROMBONE
- Charlie FowlkesBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Count BasiePIANO ORGAN
- Ernie WilkinsALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Freddie GreenGUITAR
- Gus JohnsonDRUMS
- Henry CokerTROMBONE
- Joe NewmanTRUMPET
- Marshall RoyalALTO SAXOPHONE CLARINET
- Reunald JonesTRUMPET
- Wendell CulleyTRUMPET
- Bill HughesTROMBONE
- Eddie "Lockjaw" DavisTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Eddie DavisBASS
- Frank FosterTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Frank WessFLUTE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Henderson ChambersTROMBONE
- Jimmy LewisBASS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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