Count Basie and the Kansas City 7

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.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "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 Down Beat magazine, Leonard Feather rated the album at 4.5 stars.

Track listing

1. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:40
2. "Secrets" (Frank Wess) – 4:08
3. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:16
4. "Shoe Shine Boy" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 4:07
5. "Count's Place" (Count Basie) – 5:28
6. "Senator Whitehead" (Wess) – 4:12
7. "Tally-Ho, Mr. Basie!" (Basie) – 4:28
8. "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

References