The Atomic Mr. Basie  

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The Atomic Mr. Basie (originally called Basie, also known as E=MC², and reissued as The Complete Atomic Mr Basie) is a 1957 album by Count Basie.

Track listing

Original album

1. "Kid from Red Bank" (Basie, Neal Hefti) –2:42
2. "Duet" (Hefti) –4:12
3. "After Supper" (Hefti) –3:26
4. "Flight of the Foo Birds" (Hefti) –3:24
5. "Double-O" (Hefti) –2:47
6. "Teddy the Toad" (Hefti) –3:19
7. "Whirlybird" (Hefti) –3:51
8. "Midnite Blue" (Hefti) –4:28
9. "Splanky" (Hefti) –3:36
10. "Fantail" (Hefti) –2:56
11. "Lil' Darlin'" (Hefti) –4:51

    Bonus tracks

12. "Silks and Satins" (Jimmy Mundy) –4:05
13. "Sleepwalker's Serenade" (alternative take) (Hefti) –3:37
14. "Sleepwalker's Serenade" (Hefti) –3:39
15. "The Late, Late Show" (Roy Alfred, Murray Berlin) –2:52
16. "The Late, Late Show" (vocal version) (Alfred, Berlin) –3:02

(Recorded on 21 October and 22 October 1957 at Capitol Studios, New York City.)

Personnel

• Wendell Culley — trumpet
• Snooky Young — trumpet
• Thad Jones — trumpet
• Joe Newman — trumpet
• Henry Coker — trombone
• Al Grey — trombone
• Benny Powell — trombone
• Marshall Royal — reeds
• Frank Wess — reeds
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis — reeds
• Frank Foster — reeds
• Charles Fowlkes — reeds
• Count Basie — piano
• Eddie Jones — bass
• Freddie Green — guitar
• Sonny Payne — drums
• Joe Williams — vocals (track 16)
• Neal Hefti — arrangements (tracks 1–11)
• Jimmy Mundy — arrangements (tracks 12–14)

See also

• Atomic age