Live In Japan, '78
Count Basie And His Orchestra
The Heat's On, Freckle Face, Ja-Da, Things Ain't What They Used to Be, A Bit of This and a Bit of That, All of Me, Shiny Stockings, Left Hand Funk, John the III, Basie, Black Velvet, Jumpin' at the Woodside
with John Clayton, Sonny Cohn, Eric Dixon, Charlie Fowlkes, Freddie Green, Butch Miles, Pete Minger, Bobby Plater, Waymon Reed, Mel Wanzo, and others
Recorded May 21, 1978.
TRACKLISTING
DISC ONE
- 1. The Heat's On
- 2. Freckle Face
- 3. Ja-da
- 4. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
- 5. A Bit Of This And A Bit Of That
- 6. All Of Me
- 7. Shiny Stockings
- 8. Left Handed Funk
- 9. John The III
- 10. Basie
- 11. Black Velvet
- 12. Jumpin' At The Woodside
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