Dance Session


Dance Session is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1953 and became Basie's first 12-inch LP when it was originally released on the Clef label. Selections from this album were also released on the 1956 Clef LPs Basie Roars Again and King of Swing.

Track listing

  1. "Straight Life" - 4:33
  2. "Basie Goes Wess" - 3:52
  3. "Softly, With Feeling" - 3:05
  4. "Peace Pipe" - 2:28
  5. "Blues Go Away!" - 3:19
  6. "Cherry Point" - 3:19
  7. "Bubbles" - 4:05
  8. "Right On" - 2:39
  9. "The Blues Done Come Back" - 3:37
  10. "Plymouth Rock" - 3:42
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on August 13 and at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on December 12, 1953

Personnel