Breakfast Dance and Barbecue

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

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

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

^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 5, 2015
^ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 5, 2015
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Breakfast Dance and Barbecue – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

[1] Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 5, 2015

[2] Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 5, 2015

[Allmusic-3] Yanow, Scott. Breakfast Dance and Barbecue – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2015.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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