Live in Japan '78

Live in Japan '78
Live album by Count Basie
Released	1978
Recorded	May 21, 1978
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:52
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Montreux '77 (1977) Live in Japan '78 (1978) On the Road (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Live in Japan '78 is a 1978

1. "The Heat's On" (Sammy Nestico) – 3:13
2. "Freckle Face" (Nestico) – 5:39
3. "Ja-Da" (Bob Carlton) – 5:28
4. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 3:56
5. "A Bit of This and a Bit of That" (Count Basie, Wood) – 3:41
6. "
   All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
   ) – 3:06
7. "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster) – 4:37
8. "Left Hand Funk" (Nestico, Jeff Steinberg) – 5:51
9. "John the III" (Bobby Plater) – 3:56
10. "Basie" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:52
11. "Black Velvet" (Illinois Jacquet, Nestico) – 3:54
12. "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Basie, Jon Hendricks) – 3:20

Personnel

The Count Basie Orchestra

• Count Basie - piano
• Sonny Cohn - trumpet
• Pete Minger - trumpet
• Waymon Reed - trumpet
• Nolan Shaheed - trumpet
• Dennis Wilson - trombone
• Alonzo Wesley Jr. - trombone
• Bill Hughes - trombone
• Mel Wanzo - trombone
• Bobby Plater - alto saxophone
• Danny Turner - alto saxophone
• Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone, flute
• Kenny Hing - tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• John Clayton - double bass
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Mickey Roker - drums

References