Kansas City 5

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  • King Of Swing
  • Count Basie Dance Session, Vol. 1
  • Blues Backstage
  • The Old Count and the New Count
  • Count Basie, Lester Young & the Stars of Birdland
  • Lester Leaps In
  • A Night at Count Basie's
  • Basie [Roulette]
  • Basie's Back in Town
  • Count Basie Dance Session, Vol. 2
  • Count Basie in London
  • The Swinging Count
  • Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
  • April in Paris
  • One O'Clock Jump
  • The Atomic Mr. Basie
  • At Newport
  • Sing Along with Basie
  • Basie Plays Hefti
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
  • Hall of Fame
  • Everyday I Have the Blues
  • Bennett & Basie Strike Up the Band
  • Basie Swings, Bennett Sings
  • Basie and Eckstine, Inc.
  • Just the Blues
  • String Along with Basie
  • Kansas City Suite: The Music of Benny Carter
  • The Best of Basie, Vol. 2
  • Basie at Birdland
  • First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
  • Back with Basie
  • Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First
  • Live in Concert
  • Count Basie and the Kansas City 7
  • Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan
  • On My Way & Shoutin' Again
  • Basie Land
  • Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie!
  • Ella and Basie!
  • Pop Goes the Basie
  • It Might as Well Be Swing
  • Our Shining Hour
  • Basie Picks the Winners
  • Frankly Basie: Count Basie Plays the Hits of Frank Sinatra
  • Basie's Beatle Bag
  • Basie Meets Bond
  • Arthur Prysock/Count Basie
  • Basie Straight Ahead
  • Basie's Beat
  • The Board of Directors
  • Jazz Fest Masters: Count Basie
  • Standing Ovation
  • Basic Basie
  • Basie on the Beatles
  • Afrique
  • Pleyel: 17 Avril 1972, Pt. 1
  • Loose Walk
  • Basie Jam
  • For the First Time
  • The Bosses
  • Basie & Zoot
  • Fun Time: Count Basie Big Band at Montreux '75
  • For the Second Time
  • Satch and Josh
  • Count Basie Jam Session at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
  • The Basie Big Band
  • I Told You So
  • Kansas City 5
  • The Gifted Ones
  • Prime Time
  • Montreux '77
  • Count Basie Jam
  • Basie Jam 2
  • Basie in Europe
  • Yessir, That's My Baby
  • Live in Japan '78
  • The Timekeepers
  • Satch and Josh...Again
  • Night Rider
  • A Perfect Match
  • On the Road
  • Get Together
  • Basie Jam #3
  • Kansas City Shout
  • Kansas City 7
  • Warm Breeze
  • Farmer's Market Barbecue
  • Mostly Blues...And Some Others
  • Fancy Pants
  • Me and You
  • 88 Basie Street
  • Long Live the Chief
  • A Handful of Keys: 13 Great Jazz Pianists
  • The Big Band, Vol. 1
  • Big Band Basie
  • The Big Band, Vol. 2
  • Jazz Hits, Vol. 1
  • Live at the Sands (Before Frank)
  • Swing With...
  • Swing Shift
  • The Jubilee Shows, Vol. 2: Nos. 55 & 200
  • Swinging for the Count
  • All About That Basie

Release Date

January 26, 1977

Duration

47:00

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

January 26, 1977

Recording Location

  • Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA
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AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

This studio session from 1977 features Count Basie in a quintet with vibraphonist Milt Jackson and guitarist Joe Pass. The predictably excellent group performs spirited versions of some of Basie's "hits" (including "Jive at Five" and "One O'Clock Jump"), some blues and a few standards. It is always interesting to hear Basie in a hornless setting like this one where he gets opportunities to stretch out on the piano.

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Jive at Five
Count Basie / Harry "Sweets" Edison
Count Basie 05:30 SpotifyAmazon
2
One O'Clock Jump
Count Basie
Count Basie 03:53 SpotifyAmazon
3
(We Ain't Got) No Special Thing
Count Basie / Milt Jackson / Joe Pass
Count Basie 05:33 SpotifyAmazon
4
Memories of You
Eubie Blake / Andy Razaf
Count Basie 03:49 SpotifyAmazon
5
Frog's Blues
Count Basie / Milt Jackson / Joe Pass
Count Basie 04:55 SpotifyAmazon
6
Rabbit
Count Basie / Milt Jackson / Joe Pass
Count Basie 03:46 SpotifyAmazon
7
Perdido
Ervin Drake / Hans Lengsfelder / Juan Tizol
Count Basie 04:27 SpotifyAmazon
8
Timekeeper
Count Basie / Milt Jackson / Joe Pass
Count Basie 05:12 SpotifyAmazon
9
Mean to Me
Fred E. Ahlert / Roy Turk
Count Basie 05:00 SpotifyAmazon
10
Blues for Joe Turner
Count Basie / Milt Jackson
Count Basie 04:55 SpotifyAmazon
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