First Time! The Count Meets The Duke

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Battle Royal Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	5:33
2	To You Written-By – Thad Jones	3:53
3	Take The A Train Written-By, Piano – Billy Strayhorn	3:46
4	Corner Pocket (Aka Until I Met You) Written-By – Don Wolf, Freddie Green	4:53
5	Wild Man (Aka Wild Man Moore) Written-By – Duke Ellington	6:20
6	Segue In C Written-By – Frank Wess	8:22
7	B D B Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	4:43
8	Jumpin' At The Woodside Written-By – Count Basie	3:09
CD Bonus Tracks
9	One More Once Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:25
10	Take The A Train (The Count Departs) Written-By, Piano – Billy Strayhorn	5:50
11	Jumpin' At The Woodside Written-By – Count Basie	3:14
12	B D B Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	4:30
13	Blues In Hoss' Flat (Blues In Frankie's Flat) Written-By – Count Basie, Frank Foster	3:13
14	Wild Man (Aka Wild Man Moore) (Alternate Take) Written-By – Duke Ellington	5:55
15	Battle Royal (Rehearsal & Alternate Take) Written-By – Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington	6:32
16	Pause Track	0:06

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment
• Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment
• Manufactured By – Nea Media

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges, Marshal Royal*
• Alto Saxophone, Reeds – Russell Procope
• Art Direction [Reissue] – Howard Fritzson
• Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes, Harry Carney
• Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15), Eddie Jones (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 to 8, 10 to 13)
• Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
• Drums – Sam Woodyard (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15), Sonny Payne (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15)
• Ensemble – Count Basie Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra*
• Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Reeds – Frank Wess
• Guitar – Freddie Green
• Piano – Count Basie (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 8, 11 to 15), Duke Ellington (tracks: 1, 3 to 8, 10 to 12, 14, 15)
• Producer [Original Recordings] – Teo Macero
• Reissue Producer, Research, Technician [Restored By, Analog Stereo Sync & Pitch Control, Digital Stereo Sync Assistant], Mastered By [Assistant], Remastered By – Phil Schaap
• Tambourine – Juan Tizol (tracks: 5, 14)
• Tenor Saxophone – Budd Johnson, Frank Foster, Paul Gonsalves
• Trombone – Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Lawrence Brown, Louis Blackburn*, Quentin Jackson
• Trumpet – Fats Ford*, Cat Anderson, Eddie Mullens*, Lonnie Johnson*, Snooky Young, Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Willie Cook
• Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance
• Valve Trombone – Juan Tizol

Notes

Comes in DVD digipak with cardboard sleeve.

℗ 1962, 1974, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment
© 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: NEA MEDIA PS10XL26611-0101
• Mould SID Code: IFPI Z507
• Rights Society: BIEM
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC 00162

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CL 1715	Duke Ellington And Count Basie	Duke Ellington And Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Columbia	CL 1715	US	1962
CS 8515	Duke Ellington And Count Basie	Duke Ellington And Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Columbia	CS 8515	US	1963
BPG 62102	Duke Ellington And Count Basie	Duke Ellington And Count Basie - Battle Royal - The Duke Meets The Count ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	CBS	BPG 62102	UK	1962
600.010	Duke Ellington And Count Basie	Duke Ellington And Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke ‎(LP, Album)	CBS Especial	600.010	Brazil	1979
84417, CBS 84417	Duke Ellington And Count Basie	Duke Ellington And Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke ‎(LP, Album, RE)	CBS, CBS	84417, CBS 84417	France	Unknown