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The Complete Atomic Basie

~ Count Basie
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  • Audio CD (28 Feb 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Roulette
  • ASIN: B000005GX2
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 26,345 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. The Kid From Red Bank (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie And His Orchestra 2:41£0.69
Listen  2. Duet (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 4:11£0.69
Listen  3. After Supper (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 3:26£0.69
Listen  4. Flight Of The Foo Birds (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 3:23£0.69
Listen  5. Double - O (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 2:46£0.69
Listen  6. Teddy The Toad (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 3:19£0.69
Listen  7. Whirly Bird (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie And His Orchestra 3:51£0.69
Listen  8. Midnite Blue (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 4:28£0.69
Listen  9. Splanky (Remix) (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 3:36£0.69
Listen10. Fantail (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 2:56£0.69
Listen11. Li'l Darlin' (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 4:50£0.69
Listen12. Silks And Satins (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 4:05£0.69
Listen13. Sleepwalker's Serenade (Alternate Take) (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 3:36£0.69
Listen14. Sleepwalker's Serenade (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 3:38£0.69
Listen15. The Late Late Show (Remix) (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie And His Orchestra 2:51£0.69
Listen16. The Late Late Show (1994 Digital Remaster)Count Basie 3:02£0.69

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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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This 1957 release features Neal Hefti's arrangements and the ever-exciting sound of what became known as the Second Testament Basie Band (the first having featured Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Dicky Wells et al). The album opens with a fiery version of "The Kid from Red Bank"; other highlights include "Whirly-Bird" and "Teddy the Toad". As usual, Count Basie's stride-inflected piano style and the brass section's sudden, sharp stabs help define the band's sound.
The COMPLETE ATOMIC BASIE isn't just about screaming high notes and blistering scale flourishes though; subtlety and dynamic variety characterise several charts. We hear this best in the reeds' lilting swing on "Midnite Blue", and in the quiet, mellow groove of "Li'l Darlin'"; the sparseness of the latter's arrangement highlights the often-neglected guitarist FreddieGreen's inimitable strumming. One of Basie's finest albums,THE COMPLETE ATOMIC BASIE is a swinging gem.

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent CD of Count Basie's finest jazz, 6 Oct 2001
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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!
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Blinding, 1 Oct 2006
By S J Buck (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars a later eruption, 14 Mar 2002
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The cloud of fire on the sleeve is just perfect for this work. By the 1950's the basie band had got really heated up. Leaving behind the cooler, sweeter days of Lester Young and Billie Holiday, by now Basie was fanning his blasting horns with charts that acted like a turbo-charger - whirlwind- damn right!
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