A Night at Count Basie's

A Night at Count Basie's is a live album by vocalist Joe Williams recorded at Count Basie's nightclub in Harlem in 1956 and released on the Vanguard label.[1][2]

A Night at Count Basie's
Live album by
Joe Williams
ReleasedFebruary 1957
RecordedOctober 22, 1956
Count Basie's, cnr Seventh Avenue & 132nd St., Harlem, NYC
GenreVocal jazz, jazz
Length46:45
LabelVanguard
VRS 8508
Joe Williams chronology
The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards
(1956)		 A Night at Count Basie's
(1957)		 One O'Clock Jump
(1957)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

The AllMusic review by Buce Eder stated " This may possibly have been, as claimed, the first authorized commercial recording ever done from a neighborhood bar (complete with the sounds of telephones, cash registers, etc., in the distant background), and the results are priceless ... The sound is remarkably clean and sharp, which makes the fact that the band was incredibly "on" that night even more appreciated".[3]

Track listing
  1. "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) - 7:33
  2. "More Than One for My Baby" (Joe Turner) - 7:25
  3. "Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting, Johnny Mercer) - 5:28
  4. "Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing) - 2:33
  5. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder) - 6:24
  6. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) - 4:28
  7. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare) - 3:39
  8. "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) - 9:15

Personnel
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References
  1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Discography of the Vanguard Label, accessed November, 14, 2016
  2. Joe Williams Discography: 1950s Archived 2016-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 14, 2016
  3. Eder, Briuce. A Night at Count Basie's – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
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