Kansas City 8: Get Together
| Kansas City 8: Get Together | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | September 4, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:41 | |||
| Label | Pablo | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
| Count Basie chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
| Windsor Star | B[3] |
Kansas City 8: Get Together is a 1979 studio album by Count Basie.[1][4]
Track listing[edit]
- "Ode to Pres" (Clark Terry) – 4:07
- "Basie's Bag" (Count Basie, Ernie Wilkins) – 9:45
- "Swinging on the Cusp" (Terry) – 5:41
- "Like It Used to Be" (Basie) – 8:29
- "My Main Men" (Basie) – 6:10
- "Pretty Time: "I Can't Get Started"/"What Will I Tell My Heart"/"Talk of the Town"/"I Can't Give You Anything But Love"/"I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke)/(Irving Gordon, Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin)/(Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)(Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 9:35
Personnel[edit]
- Count Basie - piano
- Budd Johnson - baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
- Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpet
- Freddie Green - guitar
- John Clayton - double bass
- Gus Johnson - drums
References[edit]
- ^ a b "AllMusic review". AllMusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- ^ Stevens, Peter (28 Nov 1987). "Jazz". Windsor Star. p. C2.
- ^ Smith, Will (29 Nov 1987). "Basie LPs Range from 4 1/2 Stars to Merely 'Nice'". Entertainment. Omaha World-Herald. p. 1.