Prime Time
Count Basie And His Orchestra
Prime Time, Bundle o' Funk, Sweet Georgia Brown, Featherweight, Reachin' Out, Ja-Da, The Great Debate, Ya Gotta Try
with Pete Minger, Lyn Biviano, Bobby Mitchell, Sonny Cohn, Al Grey, Curtis Fuller, Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, Jimmy Forrest, Eric Dixon, John Duke, Freddie Green, Butch Miles, and others
Recorded January 18-20, 1977.
TRACKLISTING
DISC ONE
- 1. Prime Time
- 2. Bundle O' Funk
- 3. Sweet Georgia Brown
- 4. Featherweight
- 5. Reachin' Out
- 6. Ja-da
- 7. The Great Debate
- 8. Ya Gotta Try
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