Standing Ovation (subtitled 3 Eras of Basie Recorded Live at the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas) is a live album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie featuring performances recorded at the Tropicana Resort & Casino in Las Vegas in 1969 and released on the Dot label.Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 15, 2015Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Dot Album Discography, Part 5: LPs 25852-26022, accessed November 16, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "The music is, of course, great, and the players respond to the excitement of the live audience".
Track listing "Down for Double" (Freddie Green) - 3:02 "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 4:52 "Broadway" (Bill Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 3:34 "Jive at Five" (Count Basie, Harry Edison) - 3:57 "Cherry Point" (Hefti) - 5:00 "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Basie) - 3:34 "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) - 1:17 "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster) - 5:05 "Blue and Sentimental" (Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) - 4:28 "Every Tub" (Basie, Eddie Durham) - 2:55 "Corner Pocket" (Green) - 5:56 "The Kid from Red Bank" (Hefti) - 2:30 "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) - 1:31
Personnel Count Basie - piano Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Gene Goe, Sonny Cohn, Harry Edison - trumpet Richard Boone, Frank Hooks, Grover Mitchell - trombone Bill Hughes - bass trombone Marshal Royal - alto saxophone Bobby Plater - alto saxophone, piccolo Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone, flute Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone Freddie Green - guitar Norman Keenan - bass Harold Jones - drums
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