High Voltage (Count Basie album)
Appearance
High Voltage | ||||
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Released | 1970 | |||
Recorded | January 23–25, 1970 | |||
Studio | A & R (New York) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 34:19 | |||
Label | MPS MPS 15 285 | |||
Producer | Sonny Lester | |||
Count Basie chronology | ||||
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High Voltage (subtitled Basic Basie Vol. 2) is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie featuring performances recorded in 1970 and released on the MPS label.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and notes "A dozen generally excellent standards are given overly brief interpretations by the Count Basie Orchestra".[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "Chicago" (Fred Fisher) - 2:47
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:43
- "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Rogers, Hart) - 2:53
- "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 2:47
- "Bewitched" (Rogers, Hart) - 4:01
- "Day In, Day Out" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) - 2:34
- "Get Me to the Church on Time" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 2:14
- "When Sunny Gets Blue"(Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) - 3:38
- "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 2:15
- "Together" (DeSylva-Brown-Henderson) - 3:09
- "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) - 3:07
- "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Rogers, Hart) - 2:11
Personnel
[edit]- Count Basie - piano
- Sonny Cohn, Gene Goe, Joe Newman, Waymon Reed - trumpet
- Frank Hooks, Grover Mitchell, Buddy Morrow - trombone
- Bill Hughes - bass trombone
- Bill Adkins, Jerry Dodgion - alto saxophone
- Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone, flute
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
- Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- George Duvivier - bass
- Harold Jones - drums
- Chico O'Farrill - arranger
References
[edit]- ^ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 16, 2015
- ^ SABA/MPS Records listing, accessed November 16, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. High Voltage – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2015.