Live in Japan '78

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Live in Japan '78
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Live album by
Released1978
RecordedMay 21, 1978
Genre Jazz
Length47:52
Label Pablo
Producer Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Montreux '77
(1977)
Live in Japan '78
(1978)
On the Road
(1979)
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Live in Japan '78 is a 1978 live album by Count Basie and his orchestra. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Heat's On" (Sammy Nestico) – 3:13
  2. "Freckle Face" (Nestico) – 5:39
  3. "Ja-Da" (Bob Carlton) – 5:28
  4. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 3:56
  5. "A Bit of This and a Bit of That" (Count Basie, Wood) – 3:41
  6. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 3:06
  7. "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster) – 4:37
  8. "Left Hand Funk" (Nestico, Jeff Steinberg) – 5:51
  9. "John the III" (Bobby Plater) – 3:56
  10. "Basie" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:52
  11. "Black Velvet" (Illinois Jacquet, Nestico) – 3:54
  12. "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Basie, Jon Hendricks) – 3:20

Personnel

The Count Basie Orchestra

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. 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.
  3. Live in Japan '78 at AllMusic