Count Basie

****Downbeat
This edition presents the complete classic album April in Paris, presenting Wild Bill Davis’ fantastic arrangement of the title tune.
As a bonus, ten tracks have been included which complete all of the master takes recorded during those three sessions, most of which were originally issued as single 78-rpm discs.

COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA:
Thad Jones, Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley (tp), Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny Powell (tb), Marshal Royal (cl, as), Bill Graham (as), Frank Wess (as, ts, fl, cl), Frank Foster (ts, cl), Charlie Fowlkes (bs, b-cl), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d).
José Mengual and Ubaldo Nieto (perc on 9·# only). Joe Williams (voc # on 11-19 only).

Midgets features the sextet of Joe Newman (tp), Frank Wess (fl), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b) & Sonny Payne (d).
New York, January 4-5 & July 26, 1956.

““This is still a roaring jazz band, the best for the blues now in existence”. - Nat Hentoff (Down Beat Magazine)

Tracks: 1. April In Paris, 2. Corner Pocket, 3. Didn’t You?, 4. Sweetie Cakes, 5. Magic, 6. Shiny Stockings, 7. What Am I Here For?, 8. Midgets, 9. Mambo Inn, 10. Dinner With Friends, 11. Teach Me Tonight, 12. Please Send Me Someone To Love, 13. My Baby Upsets Me, 14. Ev’ry Day I Fall In Love, 15. Roll’ Em Pete, 16. Smack Dab In The Middle, 17. Amazing Love, 18. Only Forever, 19. Stop Pretty Baby, Stop, 20. Big Red

Total Time: 73:56

[ 11-20] Bonus tracks from the same sessions. Not included on the original LP.