E=MC² (album)

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E=MC² (The Atomic Basie)
Album by Count Basie
Released	1957
Recorded	October 1957
Genre	Jazz
Length	61:24
Label	Roulette
Producers	Teddy Reig
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Count Basie chronology
Count Basie at Newport (1957)	Masada: Alef (1957)	Basie Swings, Bennett Sings (1959)

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

[edit] Track listing

Original album

1. "Kid from Red Bank" (Basie, Hefti) –2:38
2. "Duet" (Hefti) –4:09
3. "After Supper" (Hefti) –4:03
4. "Flight of the Foo Birds" (Hefti) –3:20
5. "Double-O" (Hefti) –3:23
6. "Teddy the Toad" (Hefti) –3:17
7. "Whirlybird" (Hefti) –4:29
8. "Midnite Blue" (Hefti) –5:06
9. "Splanky" (Hefti) –3:34
10. "Fantail" (Hefti) –3:34
11. "Lil' Darlin'" (Hefti) –5:28

    Bonus tracks

12. "Silks and Satins" (Mundy) –4:02
13. "Sleepwalker's Serenade" (alternative take) (Hefti) –4:14
14. "Sleepwalker's Serenade" (Hefti) –3:36
15. "The Late, Late Show" (Alfred, Berlin) –3:30
16. "The Late, Late Show" (vocal version) (Alfred, Berlin) –3:01

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

[edit] 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
• Freddie Green — guitar
• Sonny Payne — drums
• Joe Williams — vocals

• Neal Hefti — arrangements (tracks 1–11)
• Jimmy Mundy — arrangements (tracks 12–14)