Breakfast Dance and Barbecue

Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
Live album by Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
Released	1959
Recorded	May 31, 1959; The Americana Hotel, Miami, Florida
Genre	Jazz
Length	74:22 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	Roulette; SR 52028
Producer	Teddy Reig
Count Basie chronology

Breakfast Dance and Barbecue is a live album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie and his Orchestra with vocalist Joe Williams featuring tracks recorded at a Disc Jockey convention in Florida in 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "Their first of three sets took place at 2 a.m. but the late hour if anything kept the band loose".[3]

Track listing

"The Deacon" (Thad Jones) - 5:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Cute" (Neal Hefti) - 4:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
"In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 6:53
"No Moon at All" (David Mann, Redd Evans) - 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Cherry Red" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) - 2:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Roll 'Em Pete" (Johnson, Turner) - 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Cherry Point" (Hefti) - 4:10 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Splanky" (Hefti) - 4:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Counter Block" (Jones) - 4:34 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Li'l Darlin'" (Hefti) - 4:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Who, Me?" (Frank Foster) - 3:59
"Five O'Clock in the Morning" (Joe Williams) - 2:53
"Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) - 3:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Back to the Apple" (Count Basie, Frank Foster) - 5:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Let's Have a Taste" (Snooky Young) - 4:17
"Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) - 5:17
"Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Ray Charles) - 2:36
"One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) - 3:45

Personnel

Count Basie - piano
Joe Williams - vocals
Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young - trumpet
Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone
Marshal Royal, Frank Wess - alto saxophone
Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
Freddie Green - guitar
Eddie Jones - bass
Sonny Payne - drums
Harry Edison - trumpet (track 18)

References

Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 5, 2015
Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 5, 2015
Yanow, Scott. Breakfast Dance and Barbecue – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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[1] Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November 5, 2015

[2] Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 5, 2015

[Allmusic-3] Yanow, Scott. Breakfast Dance and Barbecue – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2015.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.