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Count Basie and the Kansas City 7

1962 studio album by Count Basie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Count Basie and the Kansas City 7
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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.[1]

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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".[2] In a contemporaneous review in the October 11, 1962, issue of Down Beat magazine, Leonard Feather rated the album at 4.5 stars.[3]

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Track listing

  1. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:40
  2. "Secrets" (Frank Wess) – 4:08
  3. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:16
  4. "Shoe Shine Boy" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 4:07
  5. "Count's Place" (Count Basie) – 5:28
  6. "Senator Whitehead" (Wess) – 4:12
  7. "Tally-Ho, Mr. Basie!" (Basie) – 4:28
  8. "What'cha Talkin'?" (Thad Jones) – 4:59
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on March 21, 1962 (tracks 2, 6 & 8), and March 22, 1962 (tracks 1, 3–5 & 7)
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