A Night at Count Basie's
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ReleasedFebruary 1957
RecordedOctober 22, 1956
Count Basie's, cnr Seventh Avenue & 132nd St., Harlem, NYC
Count Basie's, cnr Seventh Avenue & 132nd St., Harlem, NYC
Length46:45
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| Released | February 1957 | |||
| Recorded | October 22, 1956 Count Basie's, cnr Seventh Avenue & 132nd St., Harlem, NYC | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz, jazz | |||
| Length | 46:45 | |||
| Label | Vanguard VRS 8508 | |||
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A Night at Count Basie's is a live album by vocalist Joe Williams recorded at Count Basie's nightclub in Harlem in 1956 and released on the Vanguard label.[1][2]
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| AllMusic |   [3] |
The AllMusic review by Buce Eder stated " This may possibly have been, as claimed, the first authorized commercial recording ever done from a neighborhood bar (complete with the sounds of telephones, cash registers, etc., in the distant background), and the results are priceless ... The sound is remarkably clean and sharp, which makes the fact that the band was incredibly "on" that night even more appreciated".[3]