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Bristling with excitement and electricity, The Complete Atomic Basie represents the finest accomplishment of Count Basie's "New Testament" big band. His "Old Testament" band of the late 1930s, featuring stars Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Dickie Wells and Buck Clayton, perfected the blues-drenched, straight 4/4 rhythm of Kansas City swing. Building on the blues foundation; this 1950s band features more ambitious compositions and a more dynamic sound and incorporates more modern developments. One constant, however, is the anchoring rhythm guitar of Freddie Green. As always, Basie can dig deeply into robust stride statements or choose each note as if he had to pay for them separately. Neal Hefti, the primary composer and arranger here, marvellously captures the strengths of each individual musician. His arrangements sparkle exuberantly on the up tunes and create vivid and exotic moods on the slower ones; clever and innovative without ever being overblown. Beefy tenor Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, who was only in the band for a relatively short period, offers the most valuable and vital solo contributions, recalling Ben Webster's tenderness at times, squeaking and honking like an R&B man at others. --Marc Greilsamer
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent CD of Count Basie's finest jazz,
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This review is from: The Complete Atomic Basie (Audio CD)
Some of the finest jazz, including such tracks as 'Splanky' and 'Midnite Blue'. Count Basie has got to be one of the greatest jazz artists and this CD portrays this perfectly. I still enjoy listening to the album, even though I have heard numerous times before. The Cd has an excellent array of tracks, well-known and not so well-known, and I think is the ultimate Atomic Basie!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great band and the well balanced mono sound is superb,
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This review is from: The Complete Atomic Basie (Audio CD)
A great band and the well balanced mono sound is superb, as you would expect of Basie at his prime. Better than the original discs, my wife even likes this big band sound! (as does the parrot!) Much of it has unfamiliar titles but very familiar tunes, the Basie we hear all the time on the radio of course! A class act but then all the bands that survived to the late 50's and beyond had that in common (compare with Kenton at the Tropicana, the Herman 1963 Philips disc etc). Buy it!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blinding,
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This review is from: The Complete Atomic Basie (Audio CD)
This is one of the finest big band jazz albums you can buy. I grew up listening to this as my Dad (sadly dec'd) played it very loud at parties.
The Kid from Red Bank is an explosive start with Basie striding and the band screams in support. So much for Basie the minimalist! There are a lot of great tunes on this album, and when they are played by a big band as good as this it makes it something very special. Whirlybird is another screamer - fabulous Sax playing by I think Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis. Absolutely essential for any Jazz collection and one of the most exciting albums ever recorded. Thanks Dad.
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