| Fun Time | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | July 19, 1975 | |||
| Venue | Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:24 | |||
| Label | Pablo | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
| Count Basie chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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
- "Fun Time" (Sammy Nestico) – 3:28
- "Why Not?" (Hefti) – 3:29
- "Lil' Darlin" (Hefti) – 5:32
- "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 5:39
- "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 6:33
- "Good Times Blues" (Ernie Wilkins) – 5:44
- "I Hate You Baby" (Bill Caffey, Billy Grey, Heard) – 4:44
- "Lonesome Blues" (Caffey) – 1:50
- "Whirley Bird" (Hefti) – 9:54
- "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) – 1:59
Personnel
- Count Basie – piano
- Sonny Cohn – trumpet
- Frank Szabo
- Pete Minger
- Dave Stahl
- Bobby Mitchell
- Bill Hughes – trombone
- Curtis Fuller
- Mel Wanzo – trombone
- Al Grey
- Bobby Plater – alto saxophone
- Danny Turner
- Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Forrest
- Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green – guitar
- John Duke – double bass
- Butch Miles – drums
- Bill Caffey – Vocals
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Fun Time at AllMusic
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