Can’t We Be Friends?
~ Recording by Count Basie & His Orchestra
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 5.7 | Can’t We Be Friends? | 5:25 | Count Basie & His Orchestra | The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra | Count Basie & His Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues) | MD10-149 |
Relationships
| baritone saxophone: | Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophonist) (on 1959-12-30) |
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| double bass: | Eddie Jones (US jazz double bassist) (on 1959-12-30) |
| drums (drum set): | Sonny Payne (on 1959-12-30) |
| guitar: | Freddie Green (on 1959-12-30) |
| piano: | Count Basie (pianist) (on 1959-12-30) |
| reeds: | Marshall Royal (on 1959-12-30) |
| tenor saxophone: | Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1959-12-30) Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1959-12-30) |
| trombone: | Henry Coker (jazz trombonist) (on 1959-12-30) Al Grey (trombone) (on 1959-12-30) Benny Powell (jazz trombonist) (on 1959-12-30) |
| trumpet: | Wendell Culley (jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-12-30) Thad Jones (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-12-30) Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-12-30) Snooky Young (on 1959-12-30) |
| woodwind: | Frank Wess (on 1959-12-31) |
| recording of: | Can’t We Be Friends? (on 1959-12-30) |
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Related works
Can’t We Be Friends?
| lyricist: | Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg) |
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| composer: | Kay Swift |
| publisher: | Warner Bros. Music Corp. |
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| later parody versions: | Can’t We Be Friends (Sinatra / Fitzgerald parody) |
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