Live in Japan '78
1978 live album by Count Basie
Live in Japan '78 is a 1978 live album by Count Basie and his orchestra.[3]
Track listing
- "The Heat's On" (Sammy Nestico) – 3:13
- "Freckle Face" (Nestico) – 5:39
- "Ja-Da" (Bob Carlton) – 5:28
- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 3:56
- "A Bit of This and a Bit of That" (Count Basie, Wood) – 3:41
- "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 3:06
- "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster) – 4:37
- "Left Hand Funk" (Nestico, Jeff Steinberg) – 5:51
- "John the III" (Bobby Plater) – 3:56
- "Basie" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:52
- "Black Velvet" (Illinois Jacquet, Nestico) – 3:54
- "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Basie, Jon Hendricks) – 3:20
Personnel
- The Count Basie Orchestra
References
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1951–1960 |
- Dance Session (1952–54, Clef)
- Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (with Joe Williams) (1955, Clef)
- April in Paris (1955–56, Verve)
- The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards (with Joe Williams) (1956, Verve)
- Basie in London (live) (1956, Verve)
- One O'Clock Jump (with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald) (1957, Verve)
- Count Basie at Newport (live) (1957, Verve)
- E = MC² (1958, Roulette)
- Basie Plays Hefti (1958, Roulette)
- No Count Sarah (with Sarah Vaughan) (1958, EmArcy)
- Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959, Roulette)
- Welcome to the Club (Uncredited) (Nat King Cole) (1959, Capitol)
- In Person! (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Columbia)
- Chairman of the Board (1959, Roulette)
- Strike Up the Band (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Roulette)
- Basie/Eckstine Incorporated (with Billy Eckstine) (1959, Roulette)
- Everyday I Have the Blues (with Joe Williams) (1959, Roulette)
- The Count Basie Story (1960, Roulette)
- I Gotta Right to Swing (Uncredited) (Sammy Davis Jr.) (1960, Decca)
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1961–1970 |
- First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with Duke Ellington) (1961, Columbia)
- The Legend (1961, Roulette)
- Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (with Sarah Vaughan) (1961, Roulette)
- Basie at Birdland (live) (1961, Roulette)
- Easin' It (1962, Roulette)
- Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (with Frank Sinatra) (1962, Reprise)
- On My Way & Shoutin' Again! (1963, Verve)
- Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! (1963, Verve)
- This Time by Basie! (1963, Verve)
- Ella and Basie! (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1963, Verve)
- Basie Land (1964, Verve)
- It Might as Well Be Swing (with Frank Sinatra) (1964, Reprise)
- Basie Picks the Winners (1965, Verve)
- Our Shining Hour (with Sammy Davis Jr.) (1965, Verve)
- Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (with Arthur Prysock) (1965, Verve)
- Basie's Beatle Bag (1965, Verve)
- Broadway Basie's...Way (1966, Command)
- Basie Meets Bond (1966, United Artists)
- Hollywood...Basie's Way (1966, Command)
- Sinatra at the Sands (live, with Frank Sinatra) (1966, Reprise)
- Basie's Beat (1967, Verve)
- Half a Sixpence (1967, Dot)
- The Board of Directors (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot)
- The Board of Directors Annual Report (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot)
- Basie Straight Ahead (1969, Dot)
- Standing Ovation (1969, Dot)
- Afrique (1970, RCA Victor)
- Basie on the Beatles (1970, Happy Tiger)
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1971–1980 |
- Have A Nice Day (1971, Daybreak)
- Bing 'n' Basie (with Bing Crosby) (1972, Daybreak)
- Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (live) (1972, Pablo)
- The Bosses (with Big Joe Turner) (1973, Pablo)
- Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo)
- Fun Time (1975, Pablo)
- I Told You So (1976, Pablo)
- Prime Time (1977, Pablo)
- Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo)
- Live in Japan '78 (live) (1978, Pablo)
- On the Road (1979, Pablo)
- Digital III at Montreux (live) (1979, Pablo)
- A Classy Pair (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo)
- A Perfect Match (live, with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo)
- Kansas City Shout (1980, Pablo)
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1981–1990 |
- Warm Breeze (1981, Pablo)
- Send in the Clowns (Sarah Vaughan) (1981, Pablo)
- Farmer's Market Barbecue (1982, Pablo)
- 88 Basie Street (1983, Pablo)
- Me and You (1983, Pablo)
- Fancy Pants (final album with Count Basie) (1983, Pablo)
- Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon)
- Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (live, with Diane Schuur) (1987, GRP)
- The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon)
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1991–2000 |
- The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.)
- The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc)
- Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc)
- Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel)
- At Long Last (with Rosemary Clooney) (1998, Concord)
- Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA)
- Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)
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Small-group sessions |
- Basie Jam (1973, Pablo)
- For the First Time (1974, Pablo)
- Basie & Zoot (with Zoot Sims) (1975, Pablo)
- For the Second Time (1975, Pablo)
- Basie Jam 2 (1976, Pablo)
- Basie Jam 3 (1976, Pablo)
- Kansas City 5 (1977, Pablo)
- The Gifted Ones (with Dizzy Gillespie) (1977, Pablo)
- Basie Jam: Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo)
- Satch and Josh...Again (with Oscar Peterson) (1977, Pablo)
- Night Rider (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo)
- Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo)
- Yessir, That's My Baby (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo)
- Kansas City 7 (1980, Pablo)
- Kansas City 6 (1981, Pablo)
- Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983, Pablo)
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