Kansas City 7

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Kansas City 7
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Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedApril 10, 1980
Genre Jazz
Length53:28
Label Pablo
Producer Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Kansas Shout
(1980)
Kansas City 7
(1980)
Warm Breeze
(1981)
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Kansas City 7 is a 1980 studio album by Count Basie. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Jaylock" (Count Basie, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Pass) – 7:17
  2. "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 8:00
  3. "I'll Always Be in Love With You" (Bud Green, Herman Ruby, Sam Stept) – 7:29
  4. "If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" (Henry Creamer, James P. Johnson) – 6:20
  5. "Honi Coles" (Basie, Davis, Hubbard, J. J. Johnson) – 6:48
  6. "Blues for Norman" (Basie, Davis, Hubbard, J. J. Johnson) – 8:51
  7. "Count Me In" (Basie) – 9:12

Personnel

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References

  1. "Allmusic review". Allmusic . All Media Guide . Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  2. 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.
  3. Kansas City 7 at AllMusic