For the First Time (Count Basie album)

For the First Time
Studio album by
Count Basie
Released1974
Recorded1974
GenreJazz
Length49:51
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Count Basie chronology
The Bosses
(1973) 		For the First Time
(1974) 		Satch and Josh
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

For the First Time is a 1974 studio album by Count Basie, with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Louie Bellson. Basie, Brown and Bellson followed For the First Time with For the Second Time (1975).[4]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 20. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. ^ For the First Time at AllMusic