No 'Count Explained

No 'Count
Type:Studio
Artist:Frank Foster
Cover:No 'Count.jpg
Released:1956
Recorded:March 5 and 7, 1956
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre:Jazz
Length:35:08
Label:Savoy
MG 12078
Producer:Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:Frank Foster
Prev Title:Hope Meets Foster
Prev Year:1955
Next Title:Basie Is Our Boss
Next Year:1962

No 'Count is an album by saxophonist Frank Foster recorded in 1956 and released on the Savoy label.[1]

Reception

Allmusic reviewer by Jim Todd stating, "the four horns carved out from the Count Basie band for this Frank Foster-led date get along just fine with drummer Kenny Clarke, bassist Eddie Jones, and guitarist Kenny Burrell. The set is a companion to Frank Wess' North, South, East....Wess, recorded by the same players at the same sessions. No Count, however, stays closer to Kansas City swing than the Wess release ... Foster's charts provide for lots of interplay and counterpoint between the two trombones and two tenors".

Track listing

All compositions by Frank Foster except where noted

  1. "Stop Gap" – 6:01
  2. "Excursion" – 5:13
  3. "Casa de Marcel" – 6:31
  4. "Apron Strings" – 3:35
  5. "Alternative" – 8:56
  6. "Serenata" (Leroy Anderson) – 4:52

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. https://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy-records/catalog-12000-series/#mg-12078 Jazzdisco: Savoy Records Catalog: 12000 series