A Night at Count Basie's is a live album by vocalist Joe Williams recorded at Count Basie's nightclub in Harlem in 1956 and released on the Vanguard label.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Buce Eder stated " This may possibly have been, as claimed, the first authorized commercial recording ever done from a neighborhood bar (complete with the sounds of telephones, cash registers, etc., in the distant background), and the results are priceless ... The sound is remarkably clean and sharp, which makes the fact that the band was incredibly "on" that night even more appreciated".

A Night at Count Basie's

Track listing

"(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 7:33

"More Than One for My Baby" (Joe Turner) – 7:25

"Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting, Johnny Mercer) – 5:28

"Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing) – 2:33 "Perdido" (Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder) – 6:24 "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:28 "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare) – 3:39 "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 9:15

A Night at Count Basie's

Personnel

Joe Williams – vocals

Emmett Berry – trumpet

Vic Dickenson – trombone

Bobby Henderson – piano

Marlowe Morris – organ

Aaron Bell – bass

Bobby Donaldson – drums

References

1957 live albums

Joe Williams (jazz singer) live albums

Vanguard Records live albums

A Night at Count Basie's