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Fun Time (album)

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Fun Time
Live album by
Released1975
RecordedJuly 19, 1975
VenueMontreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland
GenreJazz
Length42:24
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Basie & Zoot
(1975)
Fun Time
(1975)
Count Basie Jam Session at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Fun Time is a 1975 live album by Count Basie and his orchestra, recorded at the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival.[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Fun Time" (Sammy Nestico) – 3:28
  2. "Why Not?" (Hefti) – 3:29
  3. "Lil' Darlin" (Hefti) – 5:32
  4. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 5:39
  5. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 6:33
  6. "Good Times Blues" (Ernie Wilkins) – 5:44
  7. "I Hate You Baby" (Bill Caffey, Billy Grey, Heard) – 4:44
  8. "Lonesome Blues" (Caffey) – 1:50
  9. "Whirley Bird" (Hefti) – 9:54
  10. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) – 1:59

Personnel

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The Count Basie Orchestra

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  3. ^ Fun Time at AllMusic