First Time! The Count Meets the Duke - Duke Ellington and Count Basie

First Time! The Count Meets the Duke

Album by Duke Ellington and Count Basie

Released 1961

Tracklist

1
Battle Royal
Duke Ellington & Count Basie
5:36
2
To You
Duke Ellington & Count Basie
3:56
3
Take the 'A' Train
Duke Ellington & Count Basie
3:48
4
Corner Pocket (aka Until I Met You)
Duke Ellington & Count Basie
4:55
4.0 ★
5
Wild Man (aka Wild Man Moore)
Duke Ellington & Count Basie
6:23
6
Segue in C
Duke Ellington & Count Basie
8:24
7
B D B
Duke Ellington & Count Basie
4:46
8
Jumpin' at the Woodside
Duke Ellington & Count Basie
3:11
9
One More Once
Duke Ellington & Count Basie
3:28
10
Blues in Hoss' Flat (Blues in Frankie's Flat)
Duke Ellington & Count Basie
3:15
11
Perdido
Count Basie
4:55
12
What Am I Here For?
Count Basie
3:22
13
I'm Beginning to See the Light
Count Basie
3:09
14
In a Mellow Tone
Count Basie
6:58
15
One O'Clock Jump
Duke Ellington
6:13
16
Wild Man Moore (Paris Blues version)
Duke Ellington & Count Basie
1:49
17
Battle Royal (Paris Blues version)
Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong
4:28

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Ken Burns Jazz

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Count Basie Jam Montreux '75

Count Basie Jam Montreux '75 1997

Compact Jazz: Count Basie

Compact Jazz: Count Basie 1989

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14 Золотых Мелодий (1)

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Release credits

Aaron Bell
double bass [1-2, 4, 8]
Andrew “Fats” Ford
trumpet [1-4, 6, 8]
Benny Powell
trombone [1-4, 6, 8]
Billy Strayhorn
piano [3], solo [3]
Budd Johnson
solo [3, 6], tenor saxophone [1-4, 6, 8]
Charlie Fowlkes
baritone saxophone [1-4, 6, 8]
Count Basie
piano [1-2, 4, 6, 8], solo [1, 8]
Duke Ellington
piano [1, 3-4, 6, 8], solo [1]
Ed Mullens
trumpet [1-4, 6, 8]
Eddie Jones
double bass [2-4, 6, 8]
Frank Foster
solo [1, 8], tenor saxophone [1-4, 6, 8]
Frank Wess
flute [1-4, 6, 8], reeds [1-4, 6, 8], solo [6], tenor saxophone [1-4, 6, 8]
Freddie Green
guitar [1-4, 6, 8]
Harry Carney
baritone saxophone [1-4, 6, 8], solo [1]
Henry Coker
trombone [1-4, 6, 8]
Jimmy Hamilton
clarinet [1-4, 6, 8], solo [1, 3]
Johnny Hodges
alto saxophone [1-4, 6, 8]
Juan Tizol
valve trombone [1-4, 6, 8]
Lawrence Brown
solo [6], trombone [1-4, 6, 8]
Lennie Johnson
trumpet [1-3, 6, 8]
Lonnie Johnson
trumpet [4]
Lou Blackburn
trombone [1-4, 6, 8]
Marshall Royal
alto saxophone [1-4, 6, 8]
Paul Gonsalves
solo [3-4, 8], tenor saxophone [1-4, 6, 8]
Quentin Jackson
solo [2, 6], trombone [1-4, 6, 8]
Ray Nance
solo [1, 3], trumpet [1-4, 6, 8], violin [1-4, 6, 8]
Russell Procope
alto saxophone [1-4, 6, 8], reeds [1-4, 6, 8]
Sam Woodyard
drums (drum set) [1, 3], solo [1]
Snooky Young
trumpet [1-4, 6, 8]
Sonny Cohn
solo [3], trumpet [1-4, 6, 8]
Sonny Payne
drums (drum set) [1-2, 4, 6, 8], solo [1]
Thad Jones
trumpet [1-4, 6, 8]
The Count Basie Orchestra
performing orchestra [1-4, 6, 8]
The Duke Ellington Orchestra
performing orchestra [1-4, 6, 8]
William “Cat” Anderson
solo [1], trumpet [1-4, 6, 8]
Willie Cook
solo [4], trumpet [1-4, 6, 8]

Issues

F
(Combined release view)
B
Battle Royal: The Duke Meets the Count
12" Vinyl
1961
F
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
12" Vinyl
1962
F
First Time! The Count Meets The Duke
12" Vinyl
1987
F
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
Digital Media
27 April 1999
F
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
CD
1999
F
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
SACD
8 August 2000
F
First Time! The Count Meets The Duke
CD
2001
F
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
CD
2009
B
Battle Royal
CD
2013
F
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
Digital Media
2025
F
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
12" Vinyl
F
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
CD
F
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
CD