Count Basie
April In Paris (LP)
FormatLPLabelVerve RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (record/cover): NM / NM
With original innersleeve.
The mid-fifties Verve classic, home of the most famous false ending in jazz - "one more time!" - and the full power of the New Testament Count Basie band. This is the orchestra as precision machine and party engine at once: the reeds phrasing as a single organism, the brass hitting like weather, "Corner Pocket" and "Shiny Stockings" alongside the immortal title arrangement. Basie's second great band gets less romantic mythology than the Kansas City original, but on evidence like this, it was one of the most perfect ensembles ever assembled in any genre. Japanese UMV pressing - the audiophile series, and this big-band dynamite deserves it.
Release notes
Barcode from sticker not jacket (see image) Special audiophile repressing Recording dates: Tracks A1-A4: July 26 & 27, 1955 Tracks A5-B3: January 4, 1956 Tracks B4-B5: January 6, 1956
| A1 | April In Paris | 3:46 | |
| A2 | Corner Pocket | 5:15 | |
| A3 | Did'n You | 4:45 | |
| A4 | Sweety Cakes | 3:58 | |
| A5 | Magic | 3:06 | |
| B1 | Shiny Stockings | 5:15 | |
| B2 | What Am I Here For | 3:20 | |
| B3 | Midgets | 3:12 | |
| B4 | Mambo Inn | 3:23 | |
| B5 | Dinner With Friends | 3:05 |
- Billy Graham
- Alto Saxophone
- Marshall Royal
- Alto Saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes
- Baritone Saxophone
- Ed Jones
- Bass
- Sonny Payne
- Drums
- Freddie Greene
- Guitar
- Count Basie
- Piano
- Norman Granz
- Supervised By
- Frank Foster
- Tenor Saxophone
- Frank Weiss
- Tenor Saxophone
- Benny Powell
- Trombone
- Bill Hughes
- Trombone
- Henry Coker
- Trombone
- Joe Newman
- Trumpet
- Reunald Jones
- Trumpet
- Thad Jones
- Trumpet
- Wendell Cully
- Trumpet
