One O'Clock Jump is a 1957 (see 1957 in music) album by the American jazz and blues singer Joe Williams, with the Count Basie Orchestra. Ella Fitzgerald is featured in duet with Williams on the first track.
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Joe Williams delivers a typically gutsy performance, showcasing his powerful voice, and emotive reading of lyrics.
This album features the Basie standard "One O'Clock Jump" in three different versions, each one a brilliantly swinging instrumental.
Track listing
- “Too Close for Comfort” (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) – 3:02
- “Smack Dab in the Middle” (Chuck Calhoun) – 3:36
- “Amazing Love” (Jeannie Burns) – 3:28
- “Only Forever” (Johnny Burke, James V. Monaco) – 3:34
- “Don't Worry 'Bout Me” (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:01
- “Stop, Pretty Baby” (Milton Lovett, Red Saunders, Leon Washington) – 3:04
- “One O'Clock Jump” (Count Basie) – 4:29
- “Jamboree” (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:56
- “I Don't Like You No More” (Ernie Wilkins) – 2:37
- “From Coast to Coast” (Ernie Wilkins) – 8:31
- “Too Close for Comfort” – 2:56
- “One O'Clock Jump” – 2:03
- “One O'Clock Jump” – 4:34
Tracks 12, 13 alternate takes, and substitute Ella Fitzgerald on all tracks but the first.
Personnel
Recorded August, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles:
- Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
- Joe Williams
- The Count Basie Orchestra
- Count Basie - Piano
- Henry Coker - Trombone
- Benny Powell
- Bill Hughes
- Wendell Culley - Trumpet
- Reunald Jones
- Thad Jones
- Joe Newman
- Frank Foster - Tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - Baritone saxophone
- Bill Graham - Alto saxophone
- Marshall Royal - Clarinet, Alto saxophone
- Frank Wess - Flute, Tenor saxophone
- Freddie Green - Guitar
- Eddie Jones - Double Bass
- Sonny Payne - Drums
- Edgar Sampson - Arranger
- Ernie Wilkins