The Happiest Millionaire (album)
| The Happiest Millionaire | ||||
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| Studio album by Count Basie and His Orchestra | ||||
| Released | November 1967 | |||
| Recorded |
October 4, 5 & 6, 1967 A & R Recording, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label |
Coliseum D 41003/DS 51003 | |||
| Producer | Teddy Reig | |||
| Count Basie chronology | ||||
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The Happiest Millionaire (complete title Count Basie Captures Walt Disney's The Happiest Millionaire) is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring performances of tunes featured in Walt Disney's motion picture The Happiest Millionaire recorded in 1967 and released on the Coliseum label.[1][2]
Track listing
All compositions by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
- "Detroit"
- "Strengthen the Dwelling"
- "I'll Always be Irish"
- "Valentine Candy"
- "Bye-Yum-Pum-Pum"
- "Watch Your Footwork"
- "What's Wrong with That"
- "Let's Have a Drink on It"
- "Are We Dancing"
- "Fortuosity"
- Recorded at A & R Recording in New York on October 4, 1967 (tracks 1, 2 & 5), October 5, 1967 (tracks 6, 8 & 10) and October 6, 1967 (tracks 3, 4, 7 & 9)
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano
- Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Gene Goe, Sam Noto - trumpet
- Richard Boone, Harlan Floyd, Grover Mitchell - trombone
- Bill Hughes - bass trombone
- Bobby Plater - alto saxophone, flute
- Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone, flute
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Norman Keenan - bass
- Louis Bellson - drums
- Chico O'Farrill - arranger
References
- ↑ Big Band Paradise, accessed November 17, 2015
- ↑ Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Eyrie. P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. Coliseum Album Discography, accessed November 17, 2015
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