Count Basie – Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 (1960/2010) [SACD / Analogue Productions – CIPJ 15 SA]

Title: Count Basie – Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 (1960/2010)
Genre: Jazz
Format: SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

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. 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”.

One of Count Basie’s few small-group sessions of the ’60s was his best. With trumpeter Thad Jones and tenors Frank Foster and Eric Dixon filling in the septet, Basie is in superlative form on a variety of blues, standards and two originals apiece from Thad Jones and Frank Wess. Small-group swing at its best.

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Tracklist:

01. Oh, Lady Be Good
02. Secrets
03. I Want a Little Girl
04. Shoe Shine Boy
05. Count’s Place
06. Senator Whitehead
07. Tally Ho, Mr. Basie!
08. What’cha Talkin?
09. Trey of Hearts (Bonus Track)

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

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