Breakfast Dance and Barbecue is a live album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie and his Orchestra with vocalist Joe Williams featuring tracks recorded at a Disc Jockey convention in Florida in 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.[1][2]

Breakfast Dance and Barbecue
Live album by Count Basie and His Orchestra with Joe Williams
Released	1959
Recorded	May 31, 1959 The Americana Hotel, Miami, Florida
Genre	Jazz
Length	74:22 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	Roulette SR 52028
Producer	Teddy Reig
Count Basie chronology
Chairman of the Board (1959) Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959) Basie/Eckstine Incorporated (1959)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "Their first of three sets took place at 2 a.m. but the late hour if anything kept the band loose".[3]

Track listing

1. "The Deacon" (Thad Jones) - 5:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
2. "Cute" (Neal Hefti) - 4:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
3. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 6:53
4. "No Moon at All" (David Mann, Redd Evans) - 2:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
5. "Cherry Red" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) - 2:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
6. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Johnson, Turner) - 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Cherry Point" (Hefti) - 4:10 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Splanky" (Hefti) - 4:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "Counter Block" (Jones) - 4:34 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Li'l Darlin'" (Hefti) - 4:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "Who, Me?" (Frank Foster) - 3:59
12. "Five O'Clock in the Morning" (Joe Williams) - 2:53
13. "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) - 3:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "Back to the Apple" (Count Basie, Frank Foster) - 5:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
15. "Let's Have a Taste" (Snooky Young) - 4:17
16. "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) - 5:17
17. "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Ray Charles) - 2:36
18. "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) - 3:45

Personnel

• Count Basie - piano
• Joe Williams - vocals
• Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young - trumpet
• Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell - trombone
• Marshal Royal, Frank Wess - alto saxophone
• Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Eddie Jones - bass
• Sonny Payne - drums
• Harry Edison - trumpet (track 18)

References