MG-25015: Count Basie and his Kansas City Seven

	Label Type :	black/gold Mercury type A
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 25015A
		SIDE-B	MG 25015B

Comments

Sticker on the back side of the cover.

True 1st issue in the late-1940s thru early-1950s: the label has “Reeves-Fairchild Margin Control”, and the jacket is paper sleeve type.

Inside The Groove

A nice coupling of Count Basie's Kansas City session, as well as Lester Young's 1943 quartet session, both from original Keynote recordings.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Side-A: Kansas City 7's nice 1944 session (from original Keynote recording), featuring Lester Young.

Side-B: a legendary 1943 recordings by Lester Young (also from original Keynote recording). Relaxed, heart-warming, great tenor play are there. Maybe no more words are needed to describe these great tunes.

A great pre-modern mainstream jazz compilation.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

9 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

Side-A: Count Basie and his Kansas City Seven:
Buck Clayton (tp except A-2), Dicky Wells (tb except A-2), Lester Young (ts),
Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Rodney Richardson (b), Jo Jones (ds).
Recorded in New York City, March 22, 1944.

Side-B: Lester Young Quartet:
Lester Young (ts), Johnny Guarnieri (p), Slam Stewart (b), Sid Catlett (ds).
Recorded in New York City, December 28, 1943.

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