tracks 1-7 & 9-16 alto saxophone Bill Graham
tracks 1-7 & 9-16 baritone saxophone, bass clarinet Charlie Fowlkes
tracks 1-17 bass Eddie Jones
tracks 1-7 & 9-16 clarinet, alto saxophone Marshall Royal
tracks 1-17 drums Sonny Payne
tracks 8 & 17 flute Frank Wess
tracks 1-7 & 9-16 guitar Freddie Green
tracks 9 percussion Jose Mangual
tracks 9 percussion Ubaldo Nieto
tracks 1-17 piano Count Basie
tracks 1-10 producer Norman Granz
tracks 1-7 & 9-16 tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, clarinet Frank Wess
tracks 1-7 & 9-16 tenor saxophone, clarinet Frank Foster
tracks 1-7 & 9-16 trombone Benny Powell
tracks 1-7 & 9-16 trombone Bill Hughes
tracks 1-7 & 9-16 trombone Henry Coker
tracks 1-16 trumpet Joe Newman
tracks 1-7 & 9-16 trumpet Reunald Jones
tracks 1-7 & 9-16 trumpet Thad Jones
tracks 1-7 & 9-16 trumpet Wendell Culley
Tracks 1-7 & 9-16 Count Basie and His Orchestra
Tracks 8 & 17 Count Basie Sextet
Tracks 1-4 and 11-13 recorded July 26, 1955 at Fine Sound, New York City
Tracks 5-8 and 14-17 recorded January 4, 1956 at Fine Sound
Tracks 9 and 10 recorded January 5, 1956 at Fine Sound
Tracks 1-10 original-LP issue: April In Paris Verve MGV-8012
Tracks 11-17 are previously unissued alternate takes
Tracks appear here in original-LP sequence. Master numbers show the order in which the tracks were recorded
In the early Fifties, Count Basie reassembled his widely loved big band of the Thirties and Forties. The new unit -every bit as swinging- featured more complex arrangements, including its greatest hit from a 1932 chestnut, April in Paris
The reissue includes seven bonus tracks. All this music is remastered from the original-session tapes.
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Matrix / Runout: A5M9D16/9 9884018 / UNIVERSAL EPSA IND. ARG. /29652