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Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
1959 live album by Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Breakfast Dance and Barbecue is a live album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie and his Orchestra with vocalist Joe Williams featuring tracks recorded at a Disc Jockey convention in Florida in 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.[1][2]
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Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "Their first of three sets took place at 2 a.m. but the late hour if anything kept the band loose".[3]
Track listing
- "The Deacon" (Thad Jones) – 5:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Cute" (Neal Hefti) – 4:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 6:53
- "No Moon at All" (David Mann, Redd Evans) – 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Cherry Red" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) – 2:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Roll 'Em Pete" (Johnson, Turner) – 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Cherry Point" (Hefti) – 4:10 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Splanky" (Hefti) – 4:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Counter Block" (Jones) – 4:34 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Li'l Darlin'" (Hefti) – 4:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Who, Me?" (Frank Foster) – 3:59
- "Five O'Clock in the Morning" (Joe Williams) – 2:53
- "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 3:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Back to the Apple" (Count Basie, Frank Foster) – 5:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Let's Have a Taste" (Snooky Young) – 4:17
- "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) – 5:17
- "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Ray Charles) – 2:36
- "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) – 3:45
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Personnel
- Count Basie – piano
- Joe Williams – vocals
- Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young – trumpet
- Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
- Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
- Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green – guitar
- Eddie Jones – bass
- Sonny Payne – drums
- Harry Edison – trumpet (track 18)
References
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