Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
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1959 live album by Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | May 31, 1959 | |||
| Venue | The Americana Hotel (Miami, Florida) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 74:22 CD reissue with bonus tracks | |||
| Label | Roulette SR 52028 | |||
| Producer | Teddy Reig | |||
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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]
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
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
- ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 5, 2015
- ↑ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 5, 2015
- 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Breakfast Dance and Barbecue – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- ↑ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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