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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

Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
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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

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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

  1. "The Deacon" (Thad Jones) – 5:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
  2. "Cute" (Neal Hefti) – 4:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
  3. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 6:53
  4. "No Moon at All" (David Mann, Redd Evans) – 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Cherry Red" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) – 2:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Johnson, Turner) – 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "Cherry Point" (Hefti) – 4:10 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Splanky" (Hefti) – 4:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Counter Block" (Jones) – 4:34 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Li'l Darlin'" (Hefti) – 4:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Who, Me?" (Frank Foster) – 3:59
  12. "Five O'Clock in the Morning" (Joe Williams) – 2:53
  13. "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 3:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Back to the Apple" (Count Basie, Frank Foster) – 5:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "Let's Have a Taste" (Snooky Young) – 4:17
  16. "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) – 5:17
  17. "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Ray Charles) – 2:36
  18. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) – 3:45
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