Count Basie – Kansas City 7 (VG/VG) – LP, US 1984

Kansas City 7 is an LP by Count Basie from 1984 released on the Pablo Records label.

About this album

Kansas City 7 is a sharp late-career small-group outing that shows Count Basie’s swing language stripped to its essentials. Issued in the early 1980s, it places Basie in a compact setting where light-touch rhythm, relaxed authority and immaculate timing do the work once handled by a full orchestra. The album’s appeal lies in that contrast: the music feels spacious and easygoing, yet every phrase is tightly controlled and beautifully balanced. Drawing on standards and blues-based material, it reflects Basie’s lifelong gift for making economy sound effortless and for keeping Kansas City swing modern, supple and alive.

Genre: Jazz