Prime Time (Count Basie album) explained

Prime Time
Type:	studio
Artist:	Count Basie
Cover:	basieprimetime.jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	January 18–20, 1977
Studio:	Sun West Studios, Los Angeles
Genre:	Jazz, big band
Label:	Pablo
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Basie Jam 3
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Kansas City 5
Next Year:	1977

Prime Time is an album by the American musician Count Basie, released in 1977.^[1] It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band in 1978.^[2]

Track listing

All music composed by Sammy Nestico, except where noted.

1. "Prime Time" – 7:33
2. "Bundle O'Funk" – 5:16
3. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 3:34
4. "Featherweight" – 4:52
5. "Reachin' Out" – 6:36
6. "Ja-Da" (Bob Carlton) – 5:45
7. "The Great Debate" – 4:48
8. "Ya Gotta Try" – 4:00

Personnel

• Count Basie – piano
• Lin Biviano – trumpet
• Sonny Cohn – trumpet
• Pete Minger – trumpet
• Bobby Mitchell – trumpet
• Curtis Fuller – trombone
• Al Grey – trombone
• Bill Hughes – trombone
• Mel Wanzo – trombone
• Bobby Plater – alto saxophone
• Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Forrest – saxophone
• Danny Turner – saxophone
• Charles Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green – guitar
• John Duke – double bass
• Reinie Press – bass guitar
• Nat Pierce – piano
• Butch Miles – drums
• Sammy Nestico – arranger, conductor

Notes and References

1. Book: Hershorn . Tad . Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice . 2011 . University of California Press . 363.
2. Web site: Prime Time - Count Basie Orchestra Awards. AllMusic. 13 April 2017.