The Atomic Mr. Basie

The Atomic Mr. Basie
Studio album by
Count Basie and his orchestra
ReleasedJanuary 1958 (1958)
Recorded21–22 October 1957
StudioCapitol[i] (New York)
GenreSwing, big band
Length39:30[1]
56:34 (1994 Reissue)
LabelRoulette
ProducerTeddy Reig
Count Basie and his orchestra chronology
Count Basie at Newport
(1957) 		The Atomic Mr. Basie
(1958) 		Count Basie Presents Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Disc[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[5]
Tom HullA−[6]

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).[7]


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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Eder, Bruce. The Atomic Mr. Basie at AllMusic
  3. ^ Hall, Tony (7 June 1958). "Best Basie". Disc. No. 18. p. 14.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. pp. 91–92.
  6. ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Essential Jazz Albums of the 1950s". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  7. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 153. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.