Breakfast Dance and Barbecue


Breakfast Dance and Barbecue is a live album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie and his Orchestra with vocalist Joe Williams featuring tracks recorded at a Disc Jockey convention in Florida in 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "Their first of three sets took place at 2 a.m. but the late hour if anything kept the band loose".

Track listing

  1. "The Deacon" – 5:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
  2. "Cute" – 4:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
  3. "In a Mellow Tone" – 6:53
  4. "No Moon at All" – 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Cherry Red" – 2:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. "Roll 'Em Pete" – 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "Cherry Point" – 4:10 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Splanky" – 4:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Counter Block" – 4:34 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Li'l Darlin'" – 4:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Who, Me?" – 3:59
  12. "Five O'Clock in the Morning" – 2:53
  13. "Every Day I Have the Blues" – 3:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Back to the Apple" – 5:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "Let's Have a Taste" – 4:17
  16. "Moten Swing" – 5:17
  17. "Hallelujah I Love Her So" – 2:36
  18. "One O'Clock Jump" – 3:45

Personnel