Dance Session Album No. 2

Dance Session Album #2
Dance Session Album #2
Studio album by Count Basie
Released	1955
Recorded	July 26, 1952 and August 16 & 17, 1954; Fine Sound, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:39
Label	Clef; MG C-647
Producer	Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology

Dance Session Album #2 is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1954 (with one track from 1952) and originally released on the Clef label.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Selections from this album were also released on the 1956 Clef LPs Basie Roars Again and King of Swing.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[5]

Track listing

"Stereophonic" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:25
"Mambo Mist" (Pat "Chico" Barnes) - 4:07
"Sixteen Men Swinging" (Wilkins) - 3:03
"She's Just My Size" (Wilkins) - 4:32
"You're Not the Kind" (Count Basie) - 3:19
"I Feel Like a New Man" (Manny Albam) - 2:56
"You for Me" (Neal Hefti) - 3:12
"Soft Drink" (Reunald Jones) - 3:08
"Two for the Blues" (Hefti) - 2:50
"Slow But Sure" (Albam) - 3:45

Recorded at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on July 26, 1952 (track 5) and August 16, 1954 (tracks 4 & 6–10) and August 17, 1954 (tracks 1–3)

Preceding to Mosaic's 2005 Compilation Reissue "Count Basie - The Complete Clef & Verve Fifties Studio Recordings", the writing credits for track 5 were mostly listed in favor of Irving Mills and Will Hudson.

Personnel

Count Basie - piano
Paul Campbell (track 5), Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones (tracks 1-4 & 6–10), Joe Newman - trumpet
Henry Coker, Bill Hughes (tracks 1-4 & 6–10), Benny Powell, Jimmy Wilkins (track 5) - trombone
Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
Ernie Wilkins - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger (tracks 1, 3, 4)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (track 5), Frank Foster (tracks 1-4 & 6–10), Paul Quinichette (track 5), Frank Wess (tracks 1-4 & 6–10) - tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
Freddie Green - guitar
Eddie Jones (tracks 1-4 & 6–10), Jimmy Lewis (track 5) - bass
Gus Johnson - drums
Manny Albam (tracks 6, 8 & 10), Neal Hefti (tracks 7. 9), Nat Pierce (track 5) - arranger

References

^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Clef Label Discography, accessed November 18, 2015
^ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 18, 2015
^ Clef Records Catalog: 600 series, accessed November 18, 2015
^ Big Band Paradise Archived 2015-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 18, 2015
^ ^a ^b Allmusic listing, accessed November 18, 2015

[1] Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Clef Label Discography, accessed November 18, 2015

[2] Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 18, 2015

[3] Clef Records Catalog: 600 series, accessed November 18, 2015

[4] Big Band Paradise Archived 2015-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 18, 2015

[Allmusic-5] Allmusic listing, accessed November 18, 2015

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v t e Paul Quinichette
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Moods (1954) Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (and John Coltrane, 1957) For Basie (1957) On the Sunny Side (1957) The Chase Is On (with Charlie Rouse, 1957) Basie Reunion (1958) Like Basie! (1959)
With Count Basie	Basie Jazz (1952) Dance Session Album No. 2 (1952) The Count! (1952) The Swinging Count! (1952)
With others	The Big Sound (Gene Ammons, 1958) Groove Blues (Gene Ammons, 1958) Kansas City Revisited (Bob Brookmeyer, 1958) An Evening with Billie Holiday (1952) Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday, 1956) Wheelin' & Dealin' (Prestige All-Stars, 1957) Sarah Vaughan (1955) The Dealers (Mal Waldron, 1964) Blazing Ballads (Dinah Washington, 1951) After Hours with Miss "D" (Dinah Washington, 1953–54) For Lady (Webster Young, 1957)