Prime Time (Count Basie album)

Prime Time
Studio album by Count Basie
Released	1977
Recorded	January 18–20, 1977
Studio	Sun West Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz, big band
Length	42:24
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]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[6]

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 Carlton) – 5:45
7. "The Great Debate" – 4:48
8. "Ya Gotta Try" – 4:00

Personnel

• Count Basie – piano
• Lin Biviano – trumpet
• Sonny Cohn – trumpet
• Pete Minger – trumpet
• Bobby Mitchell – trumpet
• Curtis Fuller – trombone
• Al Grey – trombone
• Bill Hughes – trombone
• Mel Wanzo – trombone
• Bobby Plater – alto saxophone
• Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Forrest – saxophone
• Danny Turner – saxophone
• Charles Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green – guitar
• John Duke – double bass
• Reinie Press – bass guitar
• Nat Pierce – piano
• Butch Miles – drums
• Sammy Nestico – arranger, conductor

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.