Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
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| Live album by Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | May 31, 1959 The Americana Hotel, Miami, Florida |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 74:22 CD reissue with bonus tracks | |||
| Label | Roulette SR 52028 |
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| Producer | Teddy Reig | |||
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Breakfast Dance and Barbecue is a live album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie and his Orchestra with vocalist Joe Williams featuring tracks recorded at a Disc Jockey convention in Florida in 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.[1][2]
Reception
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| AllMusic |   [3] |
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "Their first of three sets took place at 2 a.m. but the late hour if anything kept the band loose".[3]
Track listing
- "The Deacon" (Thad Jones) - 5:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Cute" (Neal Hefti) - 4:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 6:53
- "No Moon at All" (David Mann, Redd Evans) - 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Cherry Red" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) - 2:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Roll 'Em Pete" (Johnson, Turner) - 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Cherry Point" (Hefti) - 4:10 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Splanky" (Hefti) - 4:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Counter Block" (Jones) - 4:34 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Li'l Darlin'" (Hefti) - 4:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Who, Me?" (Frank Foster) - 3:59
- "Five O'Clock in the Morning" (Joe Williams) - 2:53
- "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) - 3:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Back to the Apple" (Count Basie, Frank Foster) - 5:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Let's Have a Taste" (Snooky Young) - 4:17
- "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) - 5:17
- "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Ray Charles) - 2:36
- "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) - 3:45
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano
- Joe Williams - vocals
- Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young - trumpet
- Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone
- Marshal Royal, Frank Wess - alto saxophone
- Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Eddie Jones - bass
- Sonny Payne - drums
- Harry Edison - trumpet (track 18)
References
- ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November, 5, 2015
- ↑ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November, 5, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yanow, Scott. Breakfast Dance and Barbecue – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November, 5, 2015.
