Basie, Count - Atomic Mr. Basie

NEW VINYL LP ON JAZZ TRACKS 2009

180 GRAM VINYL.

The release of this album in late 1957 marked the beginning of a glorious new phase in Count Basie's career. Signed to Roulette Records, the newly formed label owned by Morris Levy, the New York recording entrepreneur, jukebox mogul, club owner, and quasi-underworld figure, 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 -- if not as daring as what Duke Ellington had done at Newport in 1956, still a reminder that there was room for fresh, even dazzling improvisation (especially courtesy of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis's contribution) within the framework of a big-band jazz unit.

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Tracklist

The Kid From Red Bank     2:38
Duet     4:10
After Supper     3:22
Flight Of The Foo Birds     3:21
Double -O     2:45
Teddy The Toad     3:40
Whirly-Bird     3:46
Midnite Blue     4:25
Splanky     3:35
Fantail     3:50
Lil' Darlin'     4:47