Jazz, chiefly big band music; track 8 recorded by small ensemble. Original LP released on Verve in 1957. Compact disc. Includes 10 bonus tracks not on original LP, completing all the master takes recorded at the recording sessions. Program notes, including original LP liner notes ([12] p. : ill.) inserted in container. Count Basie, piano, and his orchestra. Recorded in New York, 4-5 Jan. and 26 July, 1956.
Contents:
April in Paris / Duke ; Harburg (3:51) -- Corner pocket / Green ; Wolf (5:18) -- Didn't you? ; Sweetie cakes / Count Basie (8:47) -- Magic / Frank Wess (3:09) -- Shiny stockings / Frank Foster (5:17) -- What am I here for? / Duke Ellington (3:24) -- Midgets / Count Basie (3:16) -- Mambo Inn / Bauza ; Sampson ; Woodlen (3:26) -- Dinner with friends / Neal Hefti (3:05) -- Teach me tonight / Cahn ; DePaul (3:04) -- Please send me someone to love / Percy Mayfield (3:32) -- My baby upsets me / Joseph Corred Williams (2:58) -- Ev'ry day I fall in love / Fain ; Kahal (3:44) -- Roll 'em Pete / Johnson ; Turner (3:13) -- Smack dab in the middle / Jesse Stone (3:39) -- Amazing love / Jeanne Burns (3:31) -- Only forever / Burke ; Monaco (3:37) -- Stop pretty baby, stop / Lovett ; Saunders ; Washington (3:06) -- Big Red / Count Basie (3:48).
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