Montreux '77 (Count Basie album)

Montreux '77 is an album by Count Basie and his orchestra, recorded at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival.

Track listing

1. "The Heat's On" (Sammy Nestico) – 3:39
2. "Freckle Face" (Nestico) – 6:04
3. "Splanky" (Neal Hefti) – 4:34
4. "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:41
5. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 4:53
6. "Hittin' 12" (Harrison) – 2:23
7. "Bag of Dreams" (Jimmy Forrest) – 6:14
8. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 4:14
9. "I Needs to Be Bee'd With" (Quincy Jones) – 5:07
10. "Li'l Darlin'" (Hefti) – 4:44
11. "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie, Jon Hendricks) – 3:50
12. "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 3:28

Personnel

• Count Basie - piano
• Al Grey - trombone
• Dennis Wilson - trombone
• Mel Wanzo - trombone
• Bill Hughes - trombone
• Waymon Reed - trumpet
• Lin Biviano - trumpet
• Sonny Cohn - trumpet
• Bobby Mitchell - trumpet
• Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone
• Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
• Danny Turner - saxophone
• Bobby Plater - alto saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green - guitar
• John Duke - double bass
• Butch Miles - drums

References