Dance Session Album No. 2 Explained
Dance Session Album #2 |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | Count Basie |
Cover: | Dance_Session_2.jpg |
Released: | 1955 |
Recorded: | July 26, 1952 and August 16 & 17, 1954 Fine Sound, New York City |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 34:39 |
Label: | Clef MG C-647 |
Producer: | Norman Granz |
Chronology: | Count Basie |
Prev Title: | Dance Session |
Prev Year: | 1953 |
Next Title: | Basie |
Next Year: | 1954 |
Dance Session Album #2 is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1954 (with one track from 1952) and originally released on the Clef label.[1] [2] [3] [4] Selections from this album were also released on the 1956 Clef LPs Basie Roars Again and King of Swing.
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[5]
Track listing
- "Stereophonic" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:25
- "Mambo Mist" (Pat "Chico" Barnes) - 4:07
- "Sixteen Men Swinging" (Wilkins) - 3:03
- "She's Just My Size" (Wilkins) - 4:32
- "You're Not the Kind" (Count Basie) - 3:19
- "I Feel Like a New Man" (Manny Albam) - 2:56
- "You for Me" (Neal Hefti) - 3:12
- "Soft Drink" (Reunald Jones) - 3:08
- "Two for the Blues" (Hefti) - 2:50
- "Slow But Sure" (Albam) - 3:45
Recorded at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on July 26, 1952 (track 5) and August 16, 1954 (tracks 4 & 6–10) and August 17, 1954 (tracks 1–3)
Preceding to Mosaic's 2005 Compilation Reissue "Count Basie - The Complete Clef & Verve Fifties Studio Recordings", the writing credits for track 5 were mostly listed in favor of Irving Mills and Will Hudson.
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano
- Paul Campbell (track 5), Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones (tracks 1-4 & 6–10), Joe Newman - trumpet
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (track 5), Frank Foster (tracks 1-4 & 6–10), Paul Quinichette (track 5), Frank Wess (tracks 1-4 & 6–10) - tenor saxophone
- Gus Johnson - drums
- Manny Albam (tracks 6, 8 & 10), Neal Hefti (tracks 7. 9), Nat Pierce (track 5) - arranger
Notes and References
- Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Clef Label Discography, accessed November 18, 2015
- Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 18, 2015
- http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/clef-records-catalog-600-series/#mgc-647 Clef Records Catalog: 600 series
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bigband/paradise/favorite/basie112.htm Big Band Paradise
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/count-basie-dance-session-vol-2-mw0000743743 Allmusic listing