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.Impulse! Records discography accessed March 16, 2011
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "One of Count Basie's few small-group sessions of the '60s was his best". In a contemporaneous review in the October 11, 1962, issue of DownBeat, Leonard Feather rated the album at 4.5 stars.
Track listing "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:40 "Secrets" (Frank Wess) – 4:08 "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:16 "Shoe Shine Boy" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 4:07 "Count's Place" (Count Basie) – 5:28 "Senator Whitehead" (Wess) – 4:12 "Tally-Ho, Mr. Basie!" (Basie) – 4:28 "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 Bob Thiele – producer Pete Turner – photography
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