First Time! The Count Meets the Duke

First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
Studio album by Duke Ellington and Count Basie
Released	1961
Recorded	July 6, 1961
Studio	Columbia 30th Street, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:58 (original release) 73:43 (1999 expanded and remastered edition)
Label	Columbia
Producer	Teo Macero
Duke Ellington chronology
Paris Blues (1961) First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (1961) The Girl's Suite and The Perfume Suite (1961)
Count Basie chronology
Basie at Birdland (1961) First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (1961) The Legend (1961)

First Time! The Count Meets the Duke is an album by American pianists, composers and bandleaders Duke Ellington and Count Basie with their combined Orchestras recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1961.^[1]

On stereo releases of the album, Basie's band is featured on the left channel and Ellington's on the right.