Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 explained

Count Basie and the Kansas City 7
Type:	Album
Artist:	Count Basie
Cover:	Count Basie and the Kansas City 7.jpg
Released:	1962
Recorded:	March 21 & 22, 1962
Studio:	Van Gelder (Englewood Cliffs)
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	35:57
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Count Basie
Prev Title:	The Legend
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	Easin' It
Next Year:	1962

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]

Reception

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".^[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]

Track listing

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

• 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

• Pete Turner - photography

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-15 Impulse! Records discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 16, 2011
3. [Down Beat]