Duke Ellington & Count Basie ~ First Time!

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.

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

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "a very successful and surprisingly uncrowded encounter. On most selections Ellington and Basie both play piano (their interaction with each other is wonderful) and the arrangements allowed the stars from both bands to take turns soloing"

1 Battle Royal
2 To You
3 Take The 'A' Train
4 Until I Met You
5 Wild Man
6 Segue In C
7 B.D.B
8 Jumpin' At The Woodside