Prime Time (Count Basie album)

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Prime Time
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Studio album by
Released1977
RecordedJanuary 18–20, 1977
StudioSun West Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Jazz, big band
Length42:24
Label Pablo
Producer Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Basie Jam 3
(1976)
Prime Time
(1977)
Kansas City 5
(1977)

Prime Time is an album by the American musician Count Basie, released in 1977. [1] It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band in 1978. [2]

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Track listing

All music composed by Sammy Nestico, except where noted.

  1. "Prime Time" – 7:33
  2. "Bundle O'Funk" – 5:16
  3. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 3:34
  4. "Featherweight" – 4:52
  5. "Reachin' Out" – 6:36
  6. "Ja-Da" (Bob Carleton) – 5:45
  7. "The Great Debate" – 4:48
  8. "Ya Gotta Try" – 4:00

Personnel

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References

  1. Hershorn, Tad (2011). Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice. University of California Press. p. 363.
  2. "Prime Time - Count Basie Orchestra | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. AllMusic review
  4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  5. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 94. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  20. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.