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Dance Session Album No. 2

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Released
  
1955

Dance Session Album #2 (1954)
  
Basie (1954)

Release date
  
1955

Label
  
Clef Records

Length
  
34:39

Artist
  
Count Basie

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
July 26, 1952 and August 16 & 17, 1954 Fine Sound, New York City

Similar
  
Dance Session, Hall of Fame, The Count!, Dance Along with Basie, Back with Basie

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. Selections from this album were also released on the 1956 Clef LPs Basie Roars Again and King of Swing.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

  1. "Stereophonic" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:25
  2. "Mambo Mist" (Pat "Chico" Barnes) - 4:07
  3. "Sixteen Men Swinging" (Wilkins) - 3:03
  4. "She's Just My Size" (Wilkins) - 4:32
  5. "You're Not the Kind" (Count Basie) - 3:19
  6. "I Feel Like a New Man" (Manny Albam) - 2:56
  7. "You for Me" (Neal Hefti) - 3:12
  8. "Soft Drink" (Reunald Jones) - 3:08
  9. "Two for the Blues" (Hefti) - 2:50
  10. "Slow But Sure" (Albam) - 3:45

Recorded at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on July 26, 1952 (track 5) and August 15, 1954 (tracks 4 & 6-10) and August 16, 1954 (tracks 1-3)

Personnel

  • Count Basie - piano, organ
  • Paul Campbell (track 5), Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones (tracks 1-4 & 6-10), Joe Newman - trumpet
  • Henry Coker, Bill Hughes (tracks 1-4 & 6-10), Benny Powell, Jimmy Wilkins (track 5) - trombone
  • Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Ernie Wilkins - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger
  • 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
  • Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
  • Freddie Green - guitar
  • Eddie Jones (tracks 1-4 & 6-10), Jimmy Lewis (track 5) - bass
  • Gus Johnson - drums
  • Manny Albam (tracks 6, 8 & 10), Neal Hefti (track 9), Nat Pierce (track 5) - arranger

    • References

    Dance Session Album No. 2 Wikipedia
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