Dance Session
1954 studio album by Count Basie
Dance Session is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1953 and became Basie's first 12-inch LP when it was originally released on the Clef label. Selections from this album were also released on the 1956 Clef LPs Basie Roars Again and King of Swing.
01Track listing
- "Straight Life" (Johnny Mandel) - 4:33
- "Basie Goes Wess" (Frank Wess) - 3:52
- "Softly, With Feeling" (Neal Hefti) - 3:05
- "Peace Pipe" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:28
- "Blues Go Away!" (Wilkins) - 3:19
- "Cherry Point" (Hefti) - 3:19
- "Bubbles" (Hefti) - 4:05
- "Right On" (Freddie Green) - 2:39
- "The Blues Done Come Back" (Wilkins) - 3:37
- "Plymouth Rock" (Hefti) - 3:42
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, on August 13 (tracks 5 & 10) and at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on December 12 (tracks 1-4 & 6-9), 1953
02Personnel
- Count Basie - piano, organ
- Paul Campbell (tracks 5 & 10), Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder (tracks 1-4 & 6-9) - trumpet
- Johnny Mandel - bass trumpet, arranger (tracks 5 & 10)
- Henderson Chambers (tracks 1-4 & 6-9), Henry Coker, Benny Powell - trombone
- Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Ernie Wilkins - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger
- Frank Wess - tenor saxophone, arranger
- Frank Foster - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar, arranger
- Eddie Jones- bass
- Gus Johnson - drums
- Neal Hefti - arranger
Sources and credits
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