Dance Along with Basie
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dance Along with Basie
| type = Studio
| artist = Count Basie & His Orchestra
| cover = Dance Along with Basie.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1960
| recorded = December 16, 18, 28, 30 & 31, 1959
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Roulette
SR 52036
| producer = Teddy Reig
| chronology = Count Basie
| prev_title = Everyday I Have the Blues
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = String Along with Basie
| next_year = 1960
}}
Dance Along with Basie is an album released by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie featuring tracks recorded in late 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/roulette/roulettec.html Roulette Album Discography, Part 3], accessed November 3, 2015Kitora, R., [http://www.geocities.jp/count_basie_fan_site/discography/dance_along_with_basie.html Count Basie Discography - 1960-1969], accessed November 3, 2015
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
}}
The album won the Best Performance by a Band for Dancing at the 3rd Annual Grammy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1960&genre=All|title=1960 Grammy Award Winners|publisher=Grammy.com|accessdate=November 3, 2015}} AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/dance-with-basie-mw0000891376 Allmusic listing], accessed November 3, 2015
Track listing
- "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 2:56
- "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Kahn) - 4:00
- "Can't We Be Friends" (Paul James, Kay Swift) - 5:22
- "Misty" (Erroll Garner) - 3:35
- "It's a Pity to Say Goodnight" (Billy Reid) - 3:37
- "How Am I to Know" (Jack King, Dorothy Parker) - 2:26
- "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:35
- "Fools Rush In" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) - 3:10
- "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Mercer) - 3:17
- "Give Me the Simple Life" (Bloom, Harry Ruby) - 3:32
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano
- John Anderson, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young - trumpet
- Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone
- Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Frank Wess - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
- Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Eddie Jones - bass
- Sonny Payne - drums