Breakfast Dance and Barbecue

Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
Live album by Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
Released	1959
Recorded	May 31, 1959
Venue	The Americana Hotel (Miami, Florida)
Genre	Jazz
Length	74:22 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	Roulette SR 52028
Producer	Teddy Reig
Count Basie chronology
Chairman of the Board (1959) Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959) Basie/Eckstine Incorporated (1959)

Breakfast Dance and Barbecue is a live album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie and his Orchestra with vocalist Joe Williams featuring tracks recorded at a Disc Jockey convention in Florida in 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "Their first of three sets took place at 2 a.m. but the late hour if anything kept the band loose".^[3]

Track listing

1. "The Deacon" (Thad Jones) – 5:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
2. "Cute" (Neal Hefti) – 4:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
3. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 6:53
4. "No Moon at All" (David Mann, Redd Evans) – 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
5. "Cherry Red" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) – 2:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
6. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Johnson, Turner) – 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Cherry Point" (Hefti) – 4:10 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Splanky" (Hefti) – 4:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "Counter Block" (Jones) – 4:34 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Li'l Darlin'" (Hefti) – 4:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "Who, Me?" (Frank Foster) – 3:59
12. "Five O'Clock in the Morning" (Joe Williams) – 2:53
13. "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 3:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "Back to the Apple" (Count Basie, Frank Foster) – 5:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
15. "Let's Have a Taste" (Snooky Young) – 4:17
16. "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) – 5:17
17. "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Ray Charles) – 2:36
18. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) – 3:45

Personnel

• Count Basie – piano
• Joe Williams – vocals
• Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young – trumpet
• Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell – trombone
• Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
• Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green – guitar
• Eddie Jones – bass
• Sonny Payne – drums
• Harry Edison – trumpet (track 18)

References

This page was last edited on 10 October 2023, at 18:16