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.

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Reception

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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". 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

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1. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) â€" 4:40
2. "Secrets" (Frank Wess) â€" 4:08
3. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) â€" 4:16
4. "Shoe Shine Boy" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) â€" 4:07
5. "Count's Place" (Count Basie) â€" 5:28
6. "Senator Whitehead" (Wess) â€" 4:12
7. "Tally-Ho, Mr. Basie!" (Basie) â€" 4:28
8. "What'cha Talkin'?" (Thad Jones) â€" 4:59

• Recorded at Rudy 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

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• Count Basie â€" piano, organ
• Thad Jones â€" trumpet
• Frank Wess â€" flute, alto flute (tracks 2, 6 & 8)
• Frank Foster â€" tenor saxophone, clarinet (tracks 1, 3-5 & 7)
• Eric Dixon â€" tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Freddie Green â€" guitar
• Eddie Jones â€" bass
• Sonny Payne â€" drums

Production

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• Pete Turner - photography

References

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