Dance Session

Dance Session is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1953 and became Basie's first 12-inch LP when it was originally released on the Clef label.^[1][2][3][4] Selections from this album were also released on the 1956 Clef LPs Basie Roars Again and King of Swing.

Dance Session
Studio album by Count Basie
Released	1954
Recorded	August 13 and December 12, 1953 Los Angeles, CA and Fine Sound, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:39
Label	Clef MG C-626
Producer	Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Basie Rides Again! (1952) Dance Session (1954) Dance Session Album #2 (1954)

Track listing

1. "Straight Life" (Johnny Mandel) - 4:33
2. "Basie Goes Wess" (Frank Wess) - 3:52
3. "Softly, With Feeling" (Neal Hefti) - 3:05
4. "Peace Pipe" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:28
5. "Blues Go Away!" (Wilkins) - 3:19
6. "Cherry Point" (Hefti) - 3:19
7. "Bubbles" (Hefti) - 4:05
8. "Right On" (Freddie Green) - 2:39
9. "The Blues Done Come Back" (Wilkins) - 3:37
10. "Plymouth Rock" (Hefti) - 3:42

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on August 13 (tracks 5 & 10) and at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on December 12 (tracks 1-4 & 6–9), 1953

Personnel

• Count Basie - piano, organ
• Paul Campbell (tracks 5 & 10), Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder (tracks 1-4 & 6–9) - trumpet
• Johnny Mandel - bass trumpet, arranger (tracks 5 & 10)
• Henderson Chambers (tracks 1-4 & 6–9), Henry Coker, Benny Powell - trombone
• Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Ernie Wilkins - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger
• Frank Wess - tenor saxophone, arranger
• Frank Foster - tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green - guitar, arranger
• Eddie Jones- bass
• Gus Johnson - drums
• Neal Hefti - arranger

References

1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Clef Label Discography, accessed November 18, 2015
2. Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 18, 2015
3. Clef Records Catalog: 600 series, accessed November 18, 2015
4. Big Band Paradise Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 18, 2015