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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| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | March 21 & 22, 1962 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder (Englewood Cliffs) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:57 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Reception
editThe 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]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat |   [3] |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| New Record Mirror | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [6] |
Track listing
edit- "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
edit- 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
edit- Pete Turner - photography
References
edit- ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed March 16, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 16, 2011
- ^ a b Down Beat: October 11, 1962 vol. 29, no. 26
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (11 May 1963). "Count Basie: Count Basie And The Kansas City" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 113. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 20. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ 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.