April in Paris (album)

April in Paris is a 1957 jazz album by Count Basie. Released on the Verve label, it was recorded in 1955 and 1956. The album is one of the first to include an arrangement by Neal Hefti, who would go on to write many of the Basie band's most acclaimed songs, including many on the Atomic Basie album.

Track listing

 * 1) "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, arr. William "Wild Bill" Davis) – 3:47
 * 2) "Corner Pocket" (Freddie Green) – 5:15
 * 3) "Didn't You?" (Frank Foster) – 4:43
 * 4) "Sweetie Cakes" (Ernest Brooks "Ernie" Wilkins) – 3:58
 * 5) "Magic" (Frank Wess) – 3:06
 * 6) "Shiny Stockings" (Foster) – 5:14
 * 7) "What am I Here For?" (Duke Ellington and Frankie Laine, arr. Foster) – 3:19
 * 8) "Midgets" (Joe Newman) – 3:13
 * 9) "Mambo Inn" (Mario Bauzá, Edgar Melvin Sampson and Bobby Woodlen) – 3:23
 * 10) "Dinner with Friends" (Neal Hefti) – 3:05

Personnel

 * Count Basie - piano
 * Frank Wess - clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
 * Marshall Royal - clarinet, alto saxophone
 * Frank Foster - clarinet, tenor saxophone
 * Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
 * Thad Jones - trumpet
 * Wendell Culley
 * Reunald Jones
 * Joe Newman
 * Henry Coker - trombone
 * Benny Powell
 * Bill Hughes
 * Freddie Green - guitar
 * Eddie Jones - double bass
 * Sonny Payne - drums
 * Jose Mangual - percussion
 * Ubaldo Nieto

Versions

 * April In Paris (LP), Verve Records, US 1957
 * April In Paris (CD, Album), Verve Records, US	1997
 * April In Paris (CD, Album, RE) Verve Records, Europe	1997
 * April In Paris (LP, RE, Ltd, 200), Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, US	1995
 * April In Paris (LP, Mono), Verve Records, Polygram, France