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Title on container spine: The complete Roulette studio Count Basie. Program notes by Chris Sheridan and Edward Berger and discography (32 p.: ill.) inserted in container. Compact discs.
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| The Atomic Mr. Basie | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 1958 | |||
| Recorded | 21–22 October 1957 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Studios[i] New York City | |||
| Genre | Swing, big band | |||
| Length | 39:30[1] 56:34 (1994 Reissue) | |||
| Label | Roulette | |||
| Producer | Teddy Reig | |||
| Count BasieAnd his orchestra chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
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 Basieand his orchestra. The album is one of Basie's most famous and is critically acclaimed. 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).[5] According to Acclaimed Music, it is the 6th most critically acclaimed album of 1958, the 25th most acclaimed of the 1950s, and the 837th most acclaimed of all time, based on an aggregation of hundreds of critics' lists from around the world.[6]
- 4Notes and references
Reception[edit]
The album won Best Jazz Performance, Group and Best Performance by a Dance Band awards at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards.[7]
Track listing[edit]
All songs composed and arranged by Neal Hefti except where noted.
| Original Release (1958)[8] | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| The Complete Atomic Basie Bonus Tracks (1994)[9] | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Notes[edit]
The Complete Roulette Studio Count Basie Piano
- ^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; OCLC916524063)
References[edit]
Count Basie Center For The Arts
- ^ abRobert Dimery; Michael Lydon (2008). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Octopus Books, London. p. 31. ISBN978-1-8440-3624-0.
- ^ abEder, Bruce. The Atomic Mr. Basie at AllMusic
- ^'Basie/The Atomic Mr. Basie/The Complete Atomic Basie at Acclaimed Music'. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN978-0857125958.
- ^Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 153. ISBN0-7535-0493-6.
- ^'Count Basie at Acclaimed Music'. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^'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.