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Fancy Pants (album)

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Fancy Pants
Studio album by
Released1986
Recorded1983
GenreJazz
Length44:42
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Mostly Blues...and Some Others
(1983)
Fancy Pants
(1986)
Long Live the Chief
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Fancy Pants is a 1983 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra. This is the last recording that Basie made with his big band.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Put It Right Here" (Louie Bellson, Nestico) – 5:14
  2. "By My Side" – 5:18
  3. "Blue Chip" – 4:04
  4. "Fancy Pants" – 4:27
  5. "Hi-Five" – 6:00
  6. "Time Stream" – 4:11
  7. "Samantha" – 4:29
  8. "Strike Up the Band" (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) – 3:50

All music composed by Sammy Nestico, other composers and writers indicated.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  3. ^ Fancy Pants at AllMusic