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Dance Session is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1953 and became Basie’s first 12-inch LP when it was originally released on the Clef label.

Track listing:
“Straight Life” (Johnny Mandel) – 4:33
“Basie Goes Wess” (Frank Wess) – 3:52
“Softly, With Feeling” (Neal Hefti) – 3:05
“Peace Pipe” (Ernie Wilkins) – 2:28
“Blues Go Away!” (Wilkins) – 3:19
“Cherry Point” (Hefti) – 3:19
“Bubbles” (Hefti) – 4:05
“Right On” (Freddie Green) – 2:39
“The Blues Done Come Back” (Wilkins) – 3:37
“Plymouth Rock” (Hefti) – 3:42
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on August 13 (tracks 5 & 10) and at Fine Sound Studios in New York City on December 12 (tracks 1-4 & 6–9), 1953

Personnel:
Count Basie – piano, organ
Paul Campbell (tracks 5 & 10), Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder (tracks 1-4 & 6–9) – trumpet
Johnny Mandel – bass trumpet, arranger (tracks 5 & 10)
Henderson Chambers (tracks 1-4 & 6–9), Henry Coker, Benny Powell – trombone
Marshall Royal – alto saxophone, clarinet
Ernie Wilkins – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, arranger
Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, arranger
Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Freddie Green – guitar, arranger
Eddie Jones- bass
Gus Johnson – drums
Neal Hefti – arranger

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Released: 1954
Recorded: August 13 and December 12, 1953
Los Angeles, CA and Fine Sound, New York City
Length: 34:39
Label: Clef
MG C-626
Producer: Norman Granz