The Atomic Mr. Basie

It's a nice change from the terrible post punk that I seem to be getting recently, but it's hard to get into a groove with this album as the tempo and tone is all over the place though. I would have liked a moody album and then more of a lounge album, but I don't know. Maybe that's how people listened to albums once upon a time?

From bombastic performances to slow and ponderous jazz, this album has been a delight to listen to. Well-put together and definitely a vibe.

Best songs: The Kid from Red Bank, Lil' Darlin
Worst songs (though still good): Duet, Teddy the Toad

This isn't really my style of jazz, and I don't think the compositions hold up among the jazz greats, but you can't deny that this is an amazing group of musicians at the top of their game.

Solid album to be sure.

This album is full of instrumental jazz music. I found it to be somewhat enjoyable.

The oddest thing about listening to this album is that it makes you reflect on what your period reflection is for specific music-styles.
Thus, The Atomic Mr Basie, for all intent and purpose, belongs to the '30s, not the late '50s.
However, does this mean that your favorite band, when growing up, is never allowed to release more music 2 decades later? This would have killed the Stones, Pink Floyd, and on and on and on.

So, consider me happy with some Big Band music, and the Count brightening up my day! And should this app throw another "old persons" music my way, I will be happy to give it a listen.

Wow - loved this one! Very upbeat, so many instruments, catchy tunes. What a great find!

5 ⭐️

I can see why people like this and why the album is important but I really cant get into Jazz at all.

This is very much posh resturant music for me.

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Album artwork: I love the cover

Great example of big band music, and the blurry lines between that and the more accessible side of jazz. I liked it, especially the drumming, and appreciate its place on the genre, but not sure how deep down the rabbit hole I feel the need to venture.
I loved the cover art though - but not sure it would pass the legal dept. nowadays!

I enjoyed this. It was a nice palette cleanser, definitely music that I'm not very familiar with and it was a nice little head bopping background music soundtrack to my day.

I'll give it a 3. At one point I was trying to look at it as objectively as possible, and as the musicians are obviously very talented, I wondered if it didnt deserve 4 stars. Then as I continued listening I felt like it was just a very long album. When I checked, I had blown past the album by 4-5 songs and hadn't noticed. So while I'm sure that these people are fantastic artists, the reality is that they're not *so* good that I could differentiate their sound from the next 5 artists that popped up.

Ultimately, then, it was a pleasant little aside, and a happy 3 stars.

I was excited for this one, but it left me wanting.

I really enjoyed this. Definitely going to have to listen to our more. 4/5

Sounds fine I guess. I don’t really listen to this type of music.

Awesome awesome awesome. Ended up buying it. I don’t know why I don’t listen to more big band when I always end up enjoying it so much.

How could you not like this sound? Basie is always solid.

Very good game night party record.

Als jemanden der Jazz Musik nicht fasziniert, hat sich dieses Album nichts an meiner Grundhaltung geändert. Man kann es mal durchhören - schlimm ist es nicht - , jedoch neigt man auch bei dem ein oder anderen Song zum springen auf den nächsten.. damit man es schneller vollendet hat.

I'm enjoying this. Real big sound and tons of personality.

Enjoyable big band/jazz/swing. Not much to say about it. I feel as though I should be walking through atomic wastelands. Would be a 3.5 but I’ll round up.

Enjoyed the ebbs and flows of this one.