''Count Basie Jam Session at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975'', also referred to as ''Basie Jam'', is a live album by pianist/bandleader

Count Basie William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...

recorded in 1976 and released by the Pablo label.Jazzdisco: Pablo Records Catalog: 2310-700 series
Retrieved May 27, 2019

Reception

The

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review stated "This truly all-star session finds Basie stepping outside the traditional big band context to stretch out with a few close friends ... finger-popping grooves".

Track listing

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Billie's Bounce "Billie's Bounce" (also known as "Bill's Bounce") is a jazz composition written in 1945 by Charlie Parker in the form of a 12 bar F blues. Some sources claim that the song was dedicated to Dizzy Gillespie's agent, Billy Shaw, although according ...

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Charlie Parker Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...

) – 11:45 # "Festival Blues" (Count Basie, Milt Jackson, Johnny Griffin, Roy Eldridge, Niels Pedersen, Louie Bellson) – 10:53 # " Lester Leaps In" (

Lester Young Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the most ...

) – 16:06

Personnel

– piano * Roy Eldridge – trumpet * Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone *

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging so ...

– vibraphone * Niels Pedersen – bass * Louis Bellson – drums

References

{{reflist 1975 live albums Count Basie live albums Pablo Records live albums Albums produced by Norman Granz Albums recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival