Dance Session is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1953 and became Basie's first 12-inch LP when it was originally released on the Clef label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Clef Label Discography, accessed November 18, 2015Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 18, 2015Clef Records Catalog: 600 series, accessed November 18, 2015Big Band Paradise , accessed November 18, 2015 Selections from this album were also released on the 1956 Clef LPs Basie Roars Again and King of Swing.
Track listing "Straight Life" (Johnny Mandel) - 4:33 "Basie Goes Wess" (Frank Wess) - 3:52 "Softly, With Feeling" (Neal Hefti) - 3:05 "Peace Pipe" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:28 "Blues Go Away!" (Wilkins) - 3:19 "Cherry Point" (Hefti) - 3:19 "Bubbles" (Hefti) - 4:05 "Right On" (Freddie Green) - 2:39 "The Blues Done Come Back" (Wilkins) - 3:37 "Plymouth Rock" (Hefti) - 3:42 Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, on August 13 (tracks 5 & 10) and at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on December 12 (tracks 1–4 & 6–9), 1953
Personnel Count Basie - piano, organ Paul Campbell (tracks 5 & 10), Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder (tracks 1–4 & 6–9) - trumpet Johnny Mandel - bass trumpet, arranger (tracks 5 & 10) Henderson Chambers (tracks 1–4 & 6–9), Henry Coker, Benny Powell - trombone Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet Ernie Wilkins - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger Frank Wess - tenor saxophone, arranger Frank Foster - tenor saxophone Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone Freddie Green - guitar, arranger Eddie Jones- bass Gus Johnson - drums Neal Hefti - arranger
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