Released 1954 | Length 34:39 Release date 1954 Label Universal Music LLC | |
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Recorded August 13 and December 12, 1953Los Angeles, CA and Fine Sound, New York City Dance Session(1953) Dance Session Album #2(1954) Similar Basie Picks the Winners, Standing Ovation, On My Way & Shoutin' Again!, The Board of Directors Annual R, Basie Land |
Dance Session is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1953 and became Basie's first 12-inch LP when it was originally released on the Clef label. Selections from this album were also released on the 1956 Clef LPs Basie Roars Again and King of Swing.
Contents
Track listing
- "Straight Life" (Johnny Mandel) - 4:33
- "Basie Goes Wess" (Frank Wess) - 3:52
- "Softly, With Feeling" (Neal Hefti) - 3:05
- "Peace Pipe" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:28
- "Blues Go Away!" (Wilkins) - 3:19
- "Cherry Point" (Hefti) - 3:19
- "Bubbles" (Hefti) - 4:05
- "Right On" (Freddie Green) - 2:39
- "The Blues Done Come Back" (Wilkins) - 3:37
- "Plymouth Rock" (Hefti) - 3:42
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on August 13 (tracks 5 & 10) and at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on December 12 (tracks 1-4 & 6-9), 1953
Personnel
Songs
1Straight Life4:31
2Basie Goes Wess3:53
3Softly - With Feeling3:05
References
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