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1958 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra
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]
Recording
The tracks were recorded 21–22 October 1957. The tracks on the original release were all composed and arranged by Hefti. Part of the second day was used for recording tracks by
Jimmy Mundy - "Silks and Satins" and "Sleepwalker's Serenade". It also featured recordings of the "The Late, Late Show", which had been a hit for
Dakota Staton that year, also likely arranged by Mundy. These additional tracks were released in 1994 on The Complete Atomic Basie .
[7]
Release
This was the first Basie album released by
Roulette Records .
[7]
Reception
The album won
Best Jazz Performance, Group and
Best Performance by a Dance Band awards at the
1st Annual Grammy Awards .
[8]
The success of the album led to Basie, Hefti and producer
Teddy Reig collaborating together again six months later to record
Basie Plays Hefti .
[7]
Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by
Neal Hefti , except where indicated.
Original Release (1958)
[9] Title 1. "Kid from
Red Bank " 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)
[10] Title 12. "Silks and Satins" (
Jimmy Mundy ) 4:05 13. "Sleepwalker's Serenade (Alternative Take)" (Mundy, Hefti) 3:37 14. "Sleepwalker's Serenade" (Mundy, Hefti) 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
Notes and references
Notes
References
^
a
b Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (2008).
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . Octopus Books, London. p.
31 .
ISBN
978-1-8440-3624-0 .
^
a
b Eder, Bruce.
The Atomic Mr. Basie at
AllMusic
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . Penguin Books. pp. 91–92.
^
Larkin, Colin (2007).
Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.).
Omnibus Press .
ISBN
978-0857125958 .
^
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 .
^
a
b
c
Cuscuna, Michael (1994). The Complete Atomic Basie liner notes .
^
"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 .
Members 1951–1960
Dance Session (1952–54, Clef)
Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (with
Joe Williams ) (1955, Clef)
April in Paris (1955–56, Verve)
The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards (with
Joe Williams ) (1956, Verve)
Basie in London (live) (1956, Verve)
One O'Clock Jump (with
Joe Williams and
Ella Fitzgerald ) (1957, Verve)
Count Basie at Newport (live) (1957, Verve)
E = MC² (1958, Roulette)
Basie Plays Hefti (1958, Roulette)
No Count Sarah (with
Sarah Vaughan ) (1958, EmArcy)
Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959, Roulette)
Welcome to the Club (Uncredited) (
Nat King Cole ) (1959, Capitol)
In Person! (with
Tony Bennett ) (1959, Columbia)
Chairman of the Board (1959, Roulette)
Strike Up the Band (with
Tony Bennett ) (1959, Roulette)
Basie/Eckstine Incorporated (with
Billy Eckstine ) (1959, Roulette)
Everyday I Have the Blues (with
Joe Williams ) (1959, Roulette)
The Count Basie Story (1960, Roulette)
I Gotta Right to Swing (Uncredited) (
Sammy Davis Jr. ) (1960, Decca)
1961–1970
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with
Duke Ellington ) (1961, Columbia)
The Legend (1961, Roulette)
Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (with
Sarah Vaughan ) (1961, Roulette)
Basie at Birdland (live) (1961, Roulette)
Easin' It (1962, Roulette)
Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (with
Frank Sinatra ) (1962, Reprise)
On My Way & Shoutin' Again! (1963, Verve)
Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! (1963, Verve)
This Time by Basie! (1963, Verve)
Ella and Basie! (with
Ella Fitzgerald ) (1963, Verve)
Basie Land (1964, Verve)
It Might as Well Be Swing (with
Frank Sinatra ) (1964, Reprise)
Basie Picks the Winners (1965, Verve)
Our Shining Hour (with
Sammy Davis Jr. ) (1965, Verve)
Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (with
Arthur Prysock ) (1965, Verve)
Basie's Beatle Bag (1965, Verve)
Broadway Basie's...Way (1966, Command)
Basie Meets Bond (1966, United Artists)
Hollywood...Basie's Way (1966, Command)
Sinatra at the Sands (live, with
Frank Sinatra ) (1966, Reprise)
Basie's Beat (1967, Verve)
Half a Sixpence (1967, Dot)
The Board of Directors (with
The Mills Brothers ) (1968, Dot)
The Board of Directors Annual Report (with
The Mills Brothers ) (1968, Dot)
Basie Straight Ahead (1969, Dot)
Standing Ovation (1969, Dot)
Afrique (1970, RCA Victor)
Basie on the Beatles (1970,
Happy Tiger )
1971–1980
Have A Nice Day (1971, Daybreak)
Bing 'n' Basie (with
Bing Crosby ) (1972, Daybreak)
Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (live) (1972, Pablo)
The Bosses (with
Big Joe Turner ) (1973, Pablo)
Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo)
Fun Time (1975, Pablo)
I Told You So (1976, Pablo)
Prime Time (1977, Pablo)
Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo)
Live in Japan '78 (live) (1978, Pablo)
On the Road (1979, Pablo)
Digital III at Montreux (live) (1979, Pablo)
A Classy Pair (with
Ella Fitzgerald ) (1979, Pablo)
A Perfect Match (live, with
Ella Fitzgerald ) (1979, Pablo)
Kansas City Shout (1980, Pablo)
1981–1990
Warm Breeze (1981, Pablo)
Send in the Clowns (
Sarah Vaughan ) (1981, Pablo)
Farmer's Market Barbecue (1982, Pablo)
88 Basie Street (1983, Pablo)
Me and You (1983, Pablo)
Fancy Pants (final album with
Count Basie ) (1983, Pablo)
Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon)
Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (live, with
Diane Schuur ) (1987, GRP)
The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon)
1991–2000
The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.)
The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc)
Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc)
Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel)
At Long Last (with
Rosemary Clooney ) (1998, Concord)
Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA)
Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)
2001–present Small-group sessions
Basie Jam (1973, Pablo)
For the First Time (1974, Pablo)
Basie & Zoot (with
Zoot Sims ) (1975, Pablo)
For the Second Time (1975, Pablo)
Basie Jam 2 (1976, Pablo)
Basie Jam 3 (1976, Pablo)
Kansas City 5 (1977, Pablo)
The Gifted Ones (with
Dizzy Gillespie ) (1977, Pablo)
Basie Jam: Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo)
Satch and Josh...Again (with
Oscar Peterson ) (1977, Pablo)
Night Rider (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo)
Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo)
Yessir, That's My Baby (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo)
Kansas City 7 (1980, Pablo)
Kansas City 6 (1981, Pablo)
Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983, Pablo)