Count Basie Big Band - Fun Time

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Count Basie Big Band
Fun Time

Album US 1991 on Pablo Records label
Jazz (Big Band)

Recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 1975.

Musicians

	Count Basie Big Band , album by
	Charlie Fowlkes bs, sax, 1916-1980 US baritone saxophone
	John Duke b, US bass
	Butch Miles dr, *1944 US drums
	Freddie Green g, 1911-1987 US guitar
	Count Basie p, 1904-1984 US piano, composed by
	Bobby Plater sax, as, 1914-1982 US saxophone, flute
	Danny Turner sax, as, 1920-1995 US saxophone, flute
	Eric Dixon sax, ts, fl, 1930-1989 US saxophone, flute
	Jimmy Forrest ts, sax, 1920-1980 US tenor saxophone
	Al Grey tb, 1925-2000 US trombone
	Bill Hughes tb, *1930 US trombone
	Curtis Fuller tb, *1934 US trombone
	Mel Wanzo tb, 1930-2005 US trombone
	Bob Mitchell tr, US trumpet
	Dave Stahl tr, fh, voc, US trumpet
	Pete Minger tr, fh, 1943-2000 US trumpet
	Frank Szabo tr, fh, US trumpet, flugelhorn
	Sonny Cohn tr, 1925-2006 US trumpet, flugelhorn
	Bill Caffey vocals, composed by

Producers

Phil Carroll art direction, design

John Timperley engineer

Paul Beattie engineer, assistant

Phil De Lancie mastered by

Jim Marshall photography by

Norman Granz producer

Eric Miller recording supervisor

David Luke remix, to digital

Composers

Neal Hefti

Duke Ellington

Edward Heyman

Frank Eyton

Johnny Green

Robert Sour

Ernie Wilkins

Bill Caffey

Billy Grey

John Heard

Count Basie

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	Fun Time	Count Basie Big Band	Neal Hefti	2:56
2	Why Not	Count Basie Big Band	Neal Hefti	3:17
3	Lil' Darlin'	Count Basie Big Band	Neal Hefti	5:23
4	In A Mellow Tone	Count Basie Big Band	Duke Ellington	5:20
5	Body And Soul	Count Basie Big Band	Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour	5:59
6	Good Time Blues	Count Basie Big Band	Ernie Wilkins	5:59
7	I Hate You Baby	Count Basie Big Band	Bill Caffey, Billy Grey, John Heard	4:38
8	Lonesome Blues	Count Basie Big Band	Bill Caffey	1:47
9	Whirley Bird	Count Basie Big Band	Neal Hefti	9:27
10	One O'Clock Jump	Count Basie Big Band	Count Basie	1:34

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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