Released 1961 Label Philips Records | Recorded July 6, 1961 Release date 1961 | |
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First Time! The Count Meets the Duke is an album by American pianists, composers and bandleaders Duke Ellington and Count Basie with their combined Orchestras recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1961.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "a very successful and surprisingly uncrowded encounter. On most selections Ellington and Basie both play piano (their interaction with each other is wonderful) and the arrangements allowed the stars from both bands to take turns soloing".
Track listing
All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
- "Battle Royal" - 5:33
- "To You" (Thad Jones) - 3:53
- "Take the "A" Train (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:46
- "Corner Pocket" [a.k.a. "Until I Met You"] (Freddie Green, Donald Wolf) - 4:53
- "Wild Man" [a.k.a. "Wild Man Moore"] - 6:20
- "Segue in C" (Frank Wess) - 8:22
- "B D B" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:43
- "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie) - 3:09
- "One More Once" - 3:25
- "Take the "A" Train" [alternate take] (Strayhorn) - 5:50
- "Jumpin' at the Woodside" [alternate take] (Basie) - 3:14
- "B D B" [alternate take] (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:30
- "Blues in Hoss' Flat" (Basie, Frank Foster) - 3:13
- "Wild Man" [alternate take] - 5:55
- "Battle Royal" [alternate take] - 6:32
Personnel
Songs
1Battle Royal5:35
2To You3:57
3Take The "A" Train3:49
References
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