Montreux '77 is an album by Count Basie and his orchestra, recorded at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival.
Track listing "The Heat's On" (Sammy Nestico) – 3:39 "Freckle Face" (Nestico) – 6:04 "Splanky" (Neal Hefti) – 4:34 "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:41 "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 4:53 "Hittin' 12" (Harrison) – 2:23 "Bag of Dreams" (Jimmy Forrest) – 6:14 "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 4:14 "I Needs to Be Bee'd With" (Quincy Jones) – 5:07 "Li'l Darlin'" (Hefti) – 4:44 "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie, Jon Hendricks) – 3:50 "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 3:28
Personnel The Count Basie Orchestra Count Basie - piano Al Grey - trombone Dennis Wilson - trombone Mel Wanzo - trombone Bill Hughes - trombone Waymon Reed - trumpet Lin Biviano - trumpet Sonny Cohn - trumpet Bobby Mitchell - trumpet Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone Danny Turner - saxophone Bobby Plater - alto saxophone Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone Freddie Green - guitar John Duke - double bass Butch Miles - drums
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