| The Atomic Mr. Basie | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 1958 | |||
| Recorded | 21–22 October 1957 | |||
| Studio | Capitol[lower-roman 1] (New York) | |||
| Genre | Swing, big band | |||
| Length | 39:30[1] 56:34 (1994 Reissue) | |||
| Label | Roulette | |||
| Producer | Teddy Reig | |||
| Count Basie And his orchestra chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
| Tom Hull | A−[5] |
The Atomic Mr. Basie (originally called Basie, also known as E=MC2 and reissued in 1994 as The Complete Atomic Basie) is a 1958 album by Count Basie, featuring the song arrangements of Neal Hefti and the Count Basie Orchestra. Allmusic gave it 5 stars, reviewer Bruce Eder saying: "it took Basie's core audience and a lot of other people by surprise, as a bold, forward-looking statement within the context of a big-band recording."[2] It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, Will Fulford-Jones calling it "Basie's last great record."[1] It was voted number 411 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[6]
Reception
The album won Best Jazz Performance, Group and Best Performance by a Dance Band awards at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards.[7]
Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by Neal Hefti, except where indicated.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kid from Red Bank" (Basie, Neal Hefti) | 2:38 |
| 2. | "Duet" | 4:10 |
| 3. | "After Supper" | 3:22 |
| 4. | "Flight of the Foo Birds" | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Double-O" | 2:45 |
| 6. | "Teddy the Toad" | 3:40 |
| 7. | "Whirlybird" | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Midnite Blue" | 4:25 |
| 9. | "Splanky" | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Fantail" | 2:50 |
| 11. | "Li'l Darlin'" | 4:47 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Silks and Satins" (Jimmy Mundy) | 4:05 |
| 13. | "Sleepwalker's Serenade (Alternative Take)" | 3:37 |
| 14. | "Sleepwalker's Serenade" | 3:39 |
| 15. | "The Late, Late Show" (Roy Alfred, Murray Berlin) | 2:52 |
| 16. | "The Late, Late Show (Vocal Version)" (Alfred, Berlin) | 3:02 |
Personnel
- Wendell Culley — trumpet
- Snooky Young — trumpet
- Thad Jones — trumpet
- Joe Newman — trumpet
- Henry Coker — trombone
- Al Grey — trombone
- Benny Powell — trombone
- Marshal Royal — reeds
- Frank Wess — reeds
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis — reeds
- Frank Foster — reeds
- Charles Fowlkes — reeds
- Count Basie — piano
- Eddie Jones — bass
- Freddie Green — guitar
- Sonny Payne — drums
- Joe Williams — vocals (track 16)
- Neal Hefti — arrangements (tracks 1–11)
- Jimmy Mundy — arrangements (tracks 12–14)
Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ Basie's session for the Atomic album was at Capitol Studios Studio A (Capitol Records, Inc.), located in the Theater District, Midtown Manhattan, on the first floor (one floor up) in the Eaves Building at 151 West 46th Street. The Eaves Costume Company occupied the ground floor. (The Sound Studies Reader, Jonathan Sterne, ed., Routledge, 2012, pps. 310–311; OCLC 916524063)
References
- 1 2 Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (2008). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Octopus Books, London. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-8440-3624-0.
- 1 2 Eder, Bruce. The Atomic Mr. Basie at AllMusic
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
- ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. pp. 91–92.
- ↑ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Essential Jazz Albums of the 1950s". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ↑ Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 153. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
- ↑ "1958 Grammy Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Count Basie – The Atomic Mr. Basie (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ↑ "Count Basie – Count Basie – The Complete Atomic Basie (CD, Album, Mono) at Discogs". Retrieved 30 June 2012.