The Count!
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Count!
| type = Studio
| artist = Count Basie
| cover = The_Count!.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1955
| recorded = January 19 and July 22 & 26, 1952
Fine Sound, New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Clef
MG C-685
| producer = Norman Granz
| chronology = Count Basie
| prev_title = Basie 8 & 16
| prev_year = 1951
| next_title = The Swinging Count!
| next_year = 1952
}}
The Count! is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1952 and released on the Clef label in 1955.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/clef.pdf Clef Label Discography], accessed November 18, 2015[http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/clef-records-catalog-600-series/#mgc-685 Clef Records Catalog: 600 series], accessed November 18, 2015Kitora, R., [http://www.geocities.jp/count_basie_fan_site/discography/the_count.html Count Basie Discography], accessed November 18, 2015[http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bigband/paradise/favorite/basie104.htm Big Band Paradise], accessed November 18, 2015
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
}}
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-count-mw0000115480 Allmusic listing], accessed November 18, 2015
Track listing
- "New Basie Blues" (Count Basie) - 3:26
- "Sure Thing" (Neal Hefti) - 3:03
- "Why Not?" (Hefti) - 3:31
- "Fawncy Meetin' You" (Hefti) - 3:03
- "Bootsie" (Basie) - 3:22
- "Tom Whaley" (Basie) - 2:56
- "Paradise Squat" (Basie) - 4:05
- "Basie Talks" (Basie) - 3:39
- "Hob Nail Boogie" (Basie) - 2:35
- "Jack and Jill" (Basie) - 2:55
- "Bunny" (Basie) - 3:09
- "Cash Box" (Basie) - 3:24
- Recorded at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on January 19 (tracks 1–4), July 22 (tracks 7–11) and July 26 (tracks 5, 6 & 12), 1952
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano, organ
- Paul Campbell, Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones (tracks 5–12), Joe Newman, Charlie Shavers (tracks 1–4) - trumpet
- Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Jimmy Wilkins - trombone
- Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Ernie Wilkins - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tracks 5–12), Floyd Johnson (tracks 1–4), Paul Quinichette - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Jimmy Lewis - bass
- Gus Johnson - drums
- Buck Clayton (track 6), Andy Gibson, (track 11), Buster Harding (tracks 7, 9 & 12), Neal Hefti (tracks 2–4), Nat Pierce (track 1), Don Redman (track 10) - arranger
References
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