Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 is an album by American jazz bandleader and pianist Count Basie featuring small group performances recorded in 1962 for the Impulse! label. Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "One of Count Basie's few small-group sessions of the '60s was his best". In a contemporaneous review in the October 11, 1962 issue of Down Beat magazine, Leonard Feather rated the album at 4.5 stars. Track listing "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:40 "Secrets" (Frank Wess) – 4:08 "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:16 "Shoe Shine Boy" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 4:07 "Count's Place" (Count Basie) – 5:28 "Senator Whitehead" (Wess) – 4:12 "Tally-Ho, Mr. Basie!" (Basie) – 4:28 "What'cha Talkin'?" (Thad Jones) – 4:59 Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 21, 1962 (tracks 2, 6 & 8), and March 22, 1962 (tracks 1, 3-5 & 7) Personnel Count Basie – piano, organ Thad Jones – trumpet Frank Wess – flute, alto flute (tracks 2, 6 & 8) Frank Foster – tenor saxophone, clarinet (tracks 1, 3-5 & 7) Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet Freddie Green – guitar Eddie Jones – bass Sonny Payne – drums JJ Johnson - trombone Production Pete Turner - photography References Impulse! Records albums Count Basie albums 1962 albums Albums produced by Bob Thiele Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio