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- Date Released: July 6, 1961
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Columbia/Legacy
- Copyright: Originally Recorded 1961, Originally Released 1962, 1974, 1975, (P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainement Inc.
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They Say...
The 1999 remastering (Columbia-Legacy 65571) supercedes all previous editions, CD or vinyl, of the 1961 album First Time! The Count Meets the Duke, and not just because of the superior sound and the presence of five bonus tracks that add 27 minutes to the running time, although that's a big part of it. The sound is improved, making the original CD release seem like a copy of the LP, from the opening bars of the rollicking "Battle Royal," with that bass right up front. The Sonny Cohn and Ray Nance trumpet dialogue, and the Jimmy Hamilton clarinet and Budd Johnson tenor sax duet on "Take the A-Train" are more thickly textured and more "there" than on any previous incarnation, and Willie Cook's trumpet and Paul Gonsalves' tenor sax solo on "Corner Pocket" are gorgeously vivid. As important as anything else here, the closer sound captures the really hard, swinging nature of the performance on numbers like the bluesy "Segue in C" and "Jumpin' at the Woodside." The new notes, by bassist Aaron Bell and reissue co-producer Phil Schaap, also provide extraordinary insights into the making of this record -- with the album recorded more as a genial get-together than an old-style battle of the bands, and packaging only awaiting the approval of Basie, the Count balked at the "Battle Royal" title and jacket design, and his manager, Teddy Reig, supposedly flushed the only copy of the latter down the men's room toilet, thus forcing a reconsideration of the whole concept. The result was a hastily designed cover for an obscurely titled album that Columbia was never fully behind in marketing -- that it's lingered this long is, thus, even more of a testament to the power of the music and the good feelings from the sessions.
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16 Total Tracks, 73:24 Total Length
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Credits
- John Jackson - Production Assistant // Lonnie Johnson - Trumpet // Lonnie Johnson - Trumpet // Lonnie Johnson - Trumpet // Cat Anderson - Trumpet // Cat Anderson - Soloist // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Piano // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Performer // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Count Basie - Soloist // Paul Gonsalves - Sax (Tenor) // Paul Gonsalves - Sax (Tenor) // Paul Gonsalves - Sax (Tenor) // Paul Gonsalves - Soloist // Paul Gonsalves - Soloist // Paul Gonsalves - Soloist // Freddie Green - Guitar // Johnny Hodges - Sax (Alto) // Johnny Hodges - Soloist // Budd Johnson - Sax (Tenor) // Budd Johnson - Sax (Tenor) // Thad Jones - Trumpet // Thad Jones - Trumpet // Thad Jones - Trumpet // Thad Jones - Trumpet // Thad Jones - Soloist // Thad Jones - Soloist // Thad Jones - Soloist // Thad Jones - Soloist // Ray Nance - Trumpet // Ray Nance - Violin // Marshall Royal - Sax (Alto) // Aaron Bell - Bass // Aaron Bell - Liner Notes // Lawrence Brown - Trombone // Willie Cook - Trumpet // Willie Cook - Soloist // Russell Procope - Reeds // Russell Procope - Sax (Alto) // Steven Berkowitz - A&R // Quentin Jackson - Trombone // Quentin Jackson - Soloist // Louise Blackburn - Trombone // Louise Blackburn - Soloist // Harry Carney - Sax (Baritone) // Harry Carney - Sax (Bass) // Harry Carney - Soloist // Sonny Cohn - Trumpet // Sonny Cohn - Soloist // Henry Coker - Trombone // Stanley Dance - Liner Notes // Duke Ellington - Piano // Duke Ellington - Piano // Duke Ellington - Piano // Duke Ellington - Piano // Duke Ellington - Piano // Duke Ellington - Piano // Duke Ellington - Piano // Duke Ellington - Performer // Duke Ellington - Performer // Duke Ellington - Performer // Duke Ellington - Performer // Duke Ellington - Performer // Duke Ellington - Performer // Duke Ellington - Performer // Duke Ellington - Soloist // Duke Ellington - Soloist // Duke Ellington - Soloist // Duke Ellington - Soloist // Duke Ellington - Soloist // Duke Ellington - Soloist // Duke Ellington - Soloist // Frank Foster - Sax (Tenor) // Frank Foster - Soloist // Charlie Fowlkes - Sax (Baritone) // Charlie Fowlkes - Sax (Bass) // Tim Geelan - Engineer // Jimmy Hamilton - Clarinet // Jimmy Hamilton - Soloist // Jimmy Hamilton - Duet // Teo Macero - Producer // Teo Macero - Original Recording Producer // Ed Mullens - Trumpet // Sonny Payne - Drums // Sonny Payne - Soloist // Benny Powell - Trombone // Phil Schaap - Producer // Phil Schaap - Liner Notes // Phil Schaap - Reissue Producer // Phil Schaap - Remastering // Phil Schaap - Research // Phil Schaap - Restoration // Billy Strayhorn - Piano // Juan Tizol - Trombone // Frank Wess - Flute // Frank Wess - Flute // Frank Wess - Flute // Frank Wess - Sax (Tenor) // Frank Wess - Sax (Tenor) // Frank Wess - Sax (Tenor) // Frank Wess - Soloist // Frank Wess - Soloist // Frank Wess - Soloist // Sam Woodyard - Drums // Sam Woodyard - Soloist // Snooky Young - Trumpet // Snooky Young - Soloist // George T. Simon - Liner Notes // Eddie Jones - Bass // Duke Ellington Orchestra - Performer // Count Basie Orchestra - Performer // Don Hunstein - Photography // Seth Rothstein - Project Director // Howard Fritzson - Art Direction // Debra Parkinson - Digital Remastering // Henry Parker - Soloist // Henry Parker - Cover Photo // Randall Martin - Design // Fats Ford - Trumpet // Patti Matheny - Artist Coordination // Ari Kast - Packaging Manager // Darren Salmieri - Artist Coordination // Lawrence D. Brown - Trombone // Lawrence D. Brown - Soloist // Quentin Johnson - Trombone
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Performers
Count Basie played Piano // Thad Jones played Trumpet // Frank Foster played Sax (Tenor) // Frank Wess played Flute // Snooky Young played Trumpet // Lonnie Johnson played Trumpet // Paul Gonsalves played Sax (Tenor) // Budd Johnson played Sax (Tenor) // Johnny Hodges played Sax (Alto) // Juan Tizol played Trombone // Billy Strayhorn played Piano // Duke Ellington and his Orchestra played Piano // Count Basie & His All-American Rhythm Section played Piano // BENNY POWELL played Trombone // Ray Nance played Violin // Freddie Green played Guitar // Cat Anderson played Trumpet // Harry Carney played Bass (Vocal) // Lawrence Brown played Trombone // Eddie Jones played Bass (Vocal) // Jimmy Hamilton played Clarinet // Marshall Royal played Sax (Alto) // Quentin Jackson played Trombone // Willie Cook played Trumpet // Sam Woodyard played Drums // Russell Procope played Sax (Alto) // Aaron Bell played Bass (Vocal) // "Fats" Ford played Trumpet // Duke Ellington & Count Basie With Their Orchestras // Lennie Johnson played Trumpet // Charlie Fowlkes played Sax (Baritone) // Sonny Payne played Drums // Sonny Cohn played Trumpet // Henry Coker played Trombone // Butter Jackson played Trombone // Eddie Mullens played Trumpet // Louis Blackburn played Trombone // Bennie Powell played Trombone -
Other Details
- Instruments:
- Clarinet //
- Flute //
- Guitar //
- Piano //
- Trombone //
- Trumpet //
- Violin //
- Bass (Vocal) //
- Drums //
- Sax (Alto) //
- Sax (Baritone) //
- Sax (Tenor)
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