Count Basie - The Complete Atomic Basie
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Artist: Count BasieEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-05-31
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
- Kid from Red Bank - Count Basie, Basie, Count
- Duet
- After Supper
- Flight of the Foo Birds
- Double-O
- Teddy the Toad
- Whirlybird
- Midnite Blue
- Splanky
- Fantail
- Lil' Darlin'
- Silks and Satins - Count Basie, Mundy, Jimmy
- Sleepwalker's Serenade
- Sleepwalker's Serenade
- The Late, Late Show - Count Basie, Alfred, Roy
- The Late, Late Show - Count Basie, Alfred, Roy
Music reviews of The Complete Atomic Basie
Music Review: BEWARE! This is the MONO mix.
Rating: 2 Stars
This was an early 1957 stereo Roulette recording and one of Basie's best albums. Capitol/Blue Note elected to remaster this masterpiece in mono, instead of using the stereo master. They should be ashamed to release this wonderful album in this form. The stereo version is amazing. If you can find a used copy the first mid 80's CD issue of this on French Vogue (which is in stereo) grab it! (try Amazon France) The only reason I don't give this domestic reissue just one star is that it does contain some alternate and out takes. Not everyone is into the "back to mono" movement.
Description of The Complete Atomic Basie
Bristling with excitement and electricity, this 1958 album 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, marvelously 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 GreilsamerGeneral CDs
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