Prime Time (Count Basie album)
Prime Time is an album by Count Basie that won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band in 1978.[1]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Prime Time | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Recorded | January 18–20, 1977 | |||
Studio | Sun West Studios, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Jazz, big band | |||
Length | 42:24 | |||
Label | Pablo | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Track listing
All music composed by Sammy Nestico, except where noted.
- "Prime Time" – 7:33
- "Bundle O'Funk" – 5:16
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 3:34
- "Featherweight" – 4:52
- "Reachin' Out" – 6:36
- "Ja-Da" (Bob Carlton) – 5:45
- "The Great Debate" – 4:48
- "Ya Gotta Try" – 4:00
Personnel
- Count Basie – piano
- Lin Biviano – trumpet
- Sonny Cohn – trumpet
- Pete Minger – trumpet
- Bobby Mitchell – trumpet
- Curtis Fuller – trombone
- Al Grey – trombone
- Bill Hughes – trombone
- Mel Wanzo – trombone
- Bobby Plater – alto saxophone
- Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Forrest – saxophone
- Danny Turner – saxophone
- Charles Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green – guitar
- John Duke – double bass
- Reinie Press – bass guitar
- Nat Pierce – piano
- Butch Miles – drums
- Sammy Nestico – arranger, conductor
References
- "Prime Time - Count Basie Orchestra | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- Allmusic review
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 20. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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