• Source: Count Basie and the Kansas City 7

      • 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.


      Reception


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


      Track listing


      "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:40
      "Secrets" (Frank Wess) – 4:08
      "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:16
      "Shoe Shine Boy" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 4:07
      "Count's Place" (Count Basie) – 5:28
      "Senator Whitehead" (Wess) – 4:12
      "Tally-Ho, Mr. Basie!" (Basie) – 4:28
      "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)


      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


      Production


      Pete Turner - photography


      References

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