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Breakfast Dance and Barbecue

Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
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Live album by Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
Released 1959
Recorded May 31, 1959
The Americana Hotel, Miami, Florida
Genre Jazz
Length 74:22 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label Roulette
SR 52028
Producer Teddy Reig
Count Basie chronology
Chairman of the Board
(1959)
Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
(1959)
Basie/Eckstine Incorporated
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars

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.

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".


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