The Swinging Count!
1956 studio album by Count Basie Sextet
The Swinging Count! | ||||
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Studio album by Count Basie Sextet | ||||
Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | July 26 and December 12–13, 1952 | |||
Studio | Fine Sound, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:39 | |||
Label | Clef | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
Count Basie chronology | ||||
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The Swinging Count! is an album by jazz pianist Count Basie in small group sessions recorded in 1952 and released in 1956 on the Clef label.[1][2][3] Selections from this album were released on the 1954 Clef LP Basie Jazz.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.[4]
Track listing
- "Extended Blues" (Count Basie, Oscar Peterson) - 5:55
- "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 2:50
- "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:24
- "Song of the Islands" (Charles E. King) - 2:49
- "Basie Beat" (Count Basie) - 3:20
- "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) - 4:10
- "Count's Organ Blues" (Basie) - 3:09
- "K.C. Organ Blues" (Basie) - 2:53
- "Blue and Sentimental" (Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) - 3:02
- "Stan Shorthair" (Basie) - 2:54
- "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:08
- "Royal Garden Blues" (Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams) - 3:05
- Recorded at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on July 26 (track 1), December 12 (tracks 2-4) and December 13 (tracks 5-12), 1952
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano (tracks 2-3 & 5-12), organ (tracks 1-12)
- Reunald Jones (track 2), Joe Newman (tracks 3 & 5-12) - trumpet
- Henry Coker - trombone (track 2)
- Marshall Royal - clarinet (track 2)
- Paul Quinichette - tenor saxophone (tracks 2-12)
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone (track 2)
- Oscar Peterson - piano (track 1)
- Freddie Green - guitar (all tracks)
- Ray Brown (track 1), Gene Ramey (tracks 2-12) - bass
- Gus Johnson (track 1), Buddy Rich (tracks 2-12) - drums
- Ernie Wilkins - arranger (track 2)
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader or
co-leader
- Moods (1954)
- Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (and John Coltrane, 1957)
- For Basie (1957)
- On the Sunny Side (1957)
- The Chase Is On (with Charlie Rouse, 1957)
- Basie Reunion (1958)
- Like Basie! (1959)
Count
Basie
- Basie Jazz (1952)
- Dance Session Album No. 2 (1952)
- The Count! (1952)
- The Swinging Count! (1952)
others
- The Big Sound (Gene Ammons, 1958)
- Groove Blues (Gene Ammons, 1958)
- Kansas City Revisited (Bob Brookmeyer, 1958)
- An Evening with Billie Holiday (1952)
- Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday, 1956)
- Wheelin' & Dealin' (Prestige All-Stars, 1957)
- Sarah Vaughan (1955)
- The Dealers (Mal Waldron, 1964)
- Blazing Ballads (Dinah Washington, 1951)
- After Hours with Miss "D" (Dinah Washington, 1953–54)
- For Lady (Webster Young, 1957)