Album · 1957
Basie
by Count Basie
Basie is a 1957 swing album by Count Basie. It runs 16 tracks across 57 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.5/5 from 1 rating.
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- 3.5 /5
- 1 rating
- 100 /100
- 4 critics
- 16
- Tracks
- 57 min
- Runtime
- 116 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
- Key
Ratings
1 rating · avg 3.5
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1 review
- 3.5
This is the happiest jazz album ever. To think that Count Basie had been putting out music for over two decades at this point is a testament off the bat. Count Basie himself plays piano, and he is never over bearing or trying to steal the limelight. Every song has some extraordinary element. Usually the horns, or more specifically the saxophone but also the drums. The drummer can really keep the beat alive while adding in all these fantastic flourishing fills. If someone asked me for some real upbeat jazz, this would be it. It’s too danceable and exciting for a cocktail hour. If I went to see this album performed live and was asked to sit I’d start a riot. Bottom Line: This lives up to its name and is atomic. Everyone should hear this one at least once.
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Critics
4 publications
- AllMusic5/5
- Disc5/5
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz4/4
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Basie album cover
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- Arnold Meyers
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Tracklist
16 tracks · 57 min
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The Atomic Mr. Basie (originally called Basie, also known as E=MC2 and reissued in 1994 as The Complete Atomic Mr Basie) is a 1958 album by Count Basie and his orchestra. The album is one of Basie's most famous and is critically acclaimed. 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." It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, Will Fulford-Jones calling it "Basie's last great record." According to acclaimedmusic.net it is the 26th most critically acclaimed of the '50s, the 695th most acclaimed of all time and Basie's most acclaimed album overall.
In brief
- Is Basie good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Basie 3.5/5 from 1 rating.
- When was Basie released?
- Basie was released in 1957.
- How many tracks are on Basie?
- Basie has 16 tracks, with a runtime of 57 minutes.
- What genre is Basie?
- Basie is catalogued under Swing, Jazz, Big Band.
- What BPM is Basie?
- Basie runs at a median tempo of 116 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Basie?
- Listeners of Basie also rate My Way by Frank Sinatra, Lady in Satin by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald.
Basie at a glance
- Label
- Roulette
- Produced by
- Teddy Reig
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