One O'Clock Jump (album)


One O'Clock Jump is a 1957 album by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Ernie Wilkins and featuring vocalist Joe Williams on seven of the ten tracks.
Ella Fitzgerald is featured in duet with Williams on the first track, "Too Close for Comfort", arranged by Edgar Sampson. "One O'Clock Jump", "Jamboree" and "From Coast to Coast" are instrumentals by the Count Basie Orchestra.
The 1999 reissue included two additional versions of "One O'Clock Jump" as well as an alternate take of "Too Close for Comfort" sung by Williams without Fitzgerald.

Reception

Bruce Eder, writing on AllMusic said the album compared unfavorably to Basie and Williams' previous records April In Paris, and The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards, but praised "From Coast to Coast" and "One O'Clock Jump", and Williams' performance on "Stop, Pretty Baby, Stop".

Track listing

  1. "Too Close for Comfort" – 3:02
  2. "Smack Dab in the Middle" – 3:36
  3. "Amazing Love" – 3:28
  4. "Only Forever" – 3:34
  5. "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" – 3:01
  6. "Stop, Pretty Baby" – 3:04
  7. "One O'Clock Jump" – 4:29
  8. "Jamboree" – 4:56
  9. "I Don't Like You No More" – 2:37
  10. "From Coast to Coast" – 8:31
Bonus Tracks; Issued on the Verve 1999 CD re-issue, Verve 559 806-2
  2. "Too Close for Comfort" – 3:26
  3. "One O'Clock Jump" – 2:03
  4. "One O'Clock Jump" – 4:34

Personnel

Production
  • Sung Lee - artwork
  • Suzanne White - design
  • Nat Hentoff - original liner notes
  • Hakim Bhasdachik - mastering
  • Herman Leonard - cover photographs
  • Tom Greenwood - reissue production coordination
  • Carlos Kase - reissue production coordination assistance
  • Ben Young - restoration research technician
  • Bryan Koniarz - reissue supervision