title: Basie Big Band
text: # Basie Big Band
  
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  Basie Big Band is a 1975 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Front Burner" – 5:54
  * "Freckle Face" – 6:26
  * "Orange Sherbet" – 3:42
  * "Soft as Velvet" – 3:51
  * "The Heat's On" – 2:47
  * "Midnight Freight" – 6:08
  * "Give 'M Time" – 6:07
  * "The Wind Machine" – 3:08
  * "Tall Cotton" – 5:50
  
  All music by Sammy Nestico.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Count Basie – piano
  * Pete Minger – trumpet
  * Frank Szabo
  * Dave Stahl
  * Bobby Mitchell
  * Sonny Cohn
  * Al Grey – trombone
  * Curtis Fuller
  * Bill Hughes
  * Mel Wanzo - trombone
  * Bobby Plater – alto saxophone
  * Danny Turner
  * Jimmy Forrest – tenor saxophone
  * Eric Dixon
  * Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
  * John Duke – double bass
  * Freddie Green – guitar
  * Butch Miles – drums
  