Metronome All-Stars 1956

Album Cover

  1. April In Pariscomp : Vernon Duke, Edgar 'Yip' Harburg
    arr : Wild Bill Davis, Ralph Burns
    solo : Ella Fitzgerald (vo), Thad Jones (tp)
  2. Everyday I Have The Bluescomp : Peter Chatman
    arr : Ernie Wilkins
    solo : Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams (vo)
  3. Party Bluescomp : William 'Count' Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams

    solo : Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams (vo), Joe Newman (tp), Frank Wess (ts), Count Basie (p)
  4. Basie's Back In Towncomp/arr : Ernie Wilkins
    solo : Joe Newman (tp), Frank Wess (ts), Henry Coker (tb)

Count Basie And His Orchestra

Personnel (on 1,2,4): Count Basie (p), Ralph Burns (p on 1), Freddie Green (gt), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (dr), Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker, Bill Hughes (tb), Benny Powell (btb), Marshal Royal (as,cl), Bill Graham (as), Frank Foster (ts), Frank Wess (ts,fl), Charlie Fowlkes (bs), Joe Williams, Ella Fitzgerald (vo)


Count Basie Octet

Personnel (on 3): Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (gt), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (dr), Thad Jones (tp), Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker (tb), Frank Wess (ts), Joe Williams, Ella Fitzgerald (vo)

Location & Date :
Fine Sound, NYC, Jun 25, 1956 (1-3)
Fine Sound, NYC, Jun 27, 1956 (4)