Kansas City Suite
1960 studio album by Count Basie & His Orchestra
Kansas City Suite | ||||
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Studio album by Count Basie & His Orchestra | ||||
Released | 1960 | |||
Recorded | September 6, 1960 Los Angeles, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 35:31 | |||
Label | Roulette SR 52056 | |||
Producer | Teddy Reig | |||
Count Basie chronology | ||||
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Kansas City Suite (subtitled The Music of Benny Carter) is an album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label.[1][2]
Reception
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AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars and its review by Scott Yanow states: "The band swings throughout as usual, with concise solos adding color to this memorable modern session".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Benny Carter
- "Vine Street Rumble" - 3:33
- "Katy-Do" - 4:19
- "Miss Missouri" - 5:10
- "Jackson County Jubilee" - 2:30
- "Sunset Glow" - 2:27
- "The Wiggle Walk" - 3:53
- "Meetin' Time" - 3:23
- "Paseo Promenade" - 3:23
- "Blue Five Jive" - 3:56
- "Rompin' at the Reno" - 2:14
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano
- Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young - trumpet
- Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone
- Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Frank Wess - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
- Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Eddie Jones - bass
- Sonny Payne - drums
- Benny Carter - arranger
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
or co-leader
- Alone Together (1952)
- Cosmopolite (1952–54)
- Benny Carter Plays Pretty (1954)
- New Jazz Sounds (and Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris, 1954)
- Urbane Jazz (and Roy Eldridge, 1955)
- Jazz Giant (1957–58)
- Swingin' the '20s (and Earl Hines, 1958)
- Further Definitions/Additions to Further Definitions (1961/1966)
- Carter, Gillespie Inc. (and Dizzy Gillespie]], 1976)
- Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986)
- Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter (1986)
- "Cow-Cow Boogie" (1942)