IN A MELLOW TONE
Sorry I missed the birthday yesterday of my main man, Count Basie.
This is the recording that first got me into Basie. I was at the house of my friend's drum teacher who had just gotten this album. He played it for us and it was really the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
And don't forget boys and girls:
If you can't sleep at night,
(Now all together)
DON'T COUNT SHEEP.
COUNT BASIE!
From 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
Personnel[edit]
Count Basie - piano
Joe Williams - vocals
Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young - trumpet
Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone
Marshal Royal, Frank Wess - alto saxophone
Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
Freddie Green - guitar
Eddie Jones - bass
Sonny Payne - drums
Harry Edison - trumpet (track 18)
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