Breakfast Dance and Barbecue

1959 live album by Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
Live album by
Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
Released1959
RecordedMay 31, 1959
VenueThe Americana Hotel (Miami, Florida)
GenreJazz
Length74:22 CD reissue with bonus tracks
LabelRoulette
SR 52028
ProducerTeddy Reig
Count Basie chronology
Chairman of the Board
(1959) 		Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
(1959) 		Basie/Eckstine Incorporated
(1959)

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.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

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".[3]

Track listing

  1. "The Deacon" (Thad Jones) – 5:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
  2. "Cute" (Neal Hefti) – 4:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
  3. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 6:53
  4. "No Moon at All" (David Mann, Redd Evans) – 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Cherry Red" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) – 2:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Johnson, Turner) – 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "Cherry Point" (Hefti) – 4:10 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Splanky" (Hefti) – 4:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Counter Block" (Jones) – 4:34 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Li'l Darlin'" (Hefti) – 4:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Who, Me?" (Frank Foster) – 3:59
  12. "Five O'Clock in the Morning" (Joe Williams) – 2:53
  13. "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 3:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Back to the Apple" (Count Basie, Frank Foster) – 5:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "Let's Have a Taste" (Snooky Young) – 4:17
  16. "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) – 5:17
  17. "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Ray Charles) – 2:36
  18. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) – 3:45

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 5, 2015
  2. ^ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 5, 2015
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Breakfast Dance and Barbecue – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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  • The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.)
  • The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc)
  • Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc)
  • Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel)
  • At Long Last (with Rosemary Clooney) (1998, Concord)
  • Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA)
  • Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)
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