tracks

Step Right Up
Hobo Flats
Gypsy Queen
Love Flower
Afrique
Kilimanjaro
African Sunrise
Japan

notes

Kilimanjaro, Hobo Flats, Gypsy Queen, African Sunrise recorded 22/12/1970.
Step Right Up, Afrique, Love Flower, Japan recorded 23/12/1970.

"A Count Basie masterpiece with the astounding Oliver Nelson arrangements. The pianist and his orchestra deliver one of their finest, most complete works."

Made in the EU

credits

Alto Saxophone – Oliver Nelson (tracks: 1, 4)
Arranged By, Conductor – Oliver Nelson
Bass – Norman Keenan (tracks: 1)
Bongos – Sonny Morgan
Congas – Richard Pablo Landrum,
Coordinator, Liner Notes [New] – Dean Rudland
Cover – Ray Ross,
Design [Package] – jaffa@the-unknown.co.uk,
Drums – Harold Jones
Electric Bass – John B. Williams, (tracks: 2 to 8)
Engineer – Bob Simpson
Flugelhorn – Paul Cohen, Pete Minger, George Cohn, Waymon Reed
Flute – Hubert Laws
Guitar – Freddy Green,
Harmonica – Buddy Lucas (tracks: 2)
Marimba – Warren Smith (tracks: 5)
Mastered By – Nick Robbins
Photography By – Ray Ross,
Piano – Count Basie
Producer – Bob Thiele
Producer [Assistant] – Lillian Seyfert
Saxophone – Bill Adkins, Bob Plater, Cecil Payne, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8), Eric Dixon
Tenor Saxophone – Bob Ashton, (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7)
Trombone – Bill Hughes (2), John Watson, Sr., Melvin Wanzo, Steven Galloway,
Trumpet – Paul Cohen, Pete Minger, George Cohn, Waymon Reed

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Flying Dutchman
Copyright (c) – Ace Records Ltd.
Licensed To – Ace Records Ltd.
Marketed By – Ace Records Ltd.
Distributed By – Ace Records Ltd.
Mastered At – Sound Mastering

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