Breakfast Dance and Barbecue

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Released 1959 Producer Teddy Reig Genre Jazz		Release date 1959 Label Roulette Records

Recorded May 31, 1959The Americana Hotel, Miami, Florida Length 74:22 CD reissue with bonus tracks Breakfast Dance and Barbecue(1959) Basie/Eckstine Incorporated(1959) Artists Count Basie, Count Basie Orchestra Similar Count Basie albums, Jazz albums

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.

Reception

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".

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