Dance Session Album #2 is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1954 (with one track from 1952) and originally released on the Clef label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Clef Label Discography, accessed November 18, 2015Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 18, 2015Clef Records Catalog: 600 series, accessed November 18, 2015Big Band Paradise , accessed November 18, 2015 Selections from this album were also released on the 1956 Clef LPs Basie Roars Again and King of Swing.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.AllMusic listing, accessed November 18, 2015

Track listing "Stereophonic" (Ernie Wilkins) - 2:25 "Mambo Mist" (Pat "Chico" Barnes) - 4:07 "Sixteen Men Swinging" (Wilkins) - 3:03 "She's Just My Size" (Wilkins) - 4:32 "You're Not the Kind" (Count Basie) - 3:19 "I Feel Like a New Man" (Manny Albam) - 2:56 "You for Me" (Neal Hefti) - 3:12 "Soft Drink" (Reunald Jones) - 3:08 "Two for the Blues" (Hefti) - 2:50 "Slow But Sure" (Albam) - 3:45 Recorded at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on July 26, 1952 (track 5), August 16, 1954 (tracks 4 & 6–10), and August 17, 1954 (tracks 1–3)

Preceding to Mosaic's 2005 Compilation Reissue "Count Basie - The Complete Clef & Verve Fifties Studio Recordings", the writing credits for track 5 were mostly listed in favor of Irving Mills and Will Hudson.

Personnel Count Basie - piano Paul Campbell (track 5), Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones (tracks 1–4 & 6–10), Joe Newman - trumpet Henry Coker, Bill Hughes (tracks 1–4 & 6–10), Benny Powell, Jimmy Wilkins (track 5) - trombone Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet Ernie Wilkins - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger (tracks 1, 3, 4) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (track 5), Frank Foster (tracks 1–4 & 6–10), Paul Quinichette (track 5), Frank Wess (tracks 1–4 & 6–10) - tenor saxophone Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone Freddie Green - guitar Eddie Jones (tracks 1–4 & 6–10), Jimmy Lewis (track 5) - bass Gus Johnson - drums Manny Albam (tracks 6, 8 & 10), Neal Hefti (tracks 7. 9), Nat Pierce (track 5) - arranger

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