Count Basie & His Atomic Band - Complete Live at the Crescendo 1958 / 5CD set

LIMITED EDITION DELUXE 5-CD BOX SET INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET!

This superb 5-CD collection compiles all existing live recordings made by the Atomic band at the Crescendo Club, in Hollywood, in the summer of 1958, for the first time ever on a single edition. The sound quality is excellent throughout the set.

Count Basie's career was revived in late 1957 thanks to the success of the Neal Hefti-arranged LP Atomic Basie, which became one of his biggest hits. The orchestra was filled with stars, and Joe Williams' vocals were heard to great effect supported by Hefti's excellent scores and the superb quality of the band. This long unavailable material includes amazing extended live versions of many of the perennial Hefti arrangements, plus a variety of songs that formed part of the orchestra's repertoire at the time, and Sammy Davis Jr. As a guest star singing with the band on Ray Charles' "Hallelujah, I Love Her So". As a bonus, the soundtrack from a complete 17-minute TV show featuring the same band shortly before it started the Crescendo engagement. The comprehensive booklet contains detailed information, as well as a rare Count Basie interview published in Down Beat during the band's stay at the Crescendo.

    - Disc 1 -
    1 Moten Swing #1
    2 Cute #1
    3 Sweetie Cakes
    4 Indian Summer
    5 Jumpin' at the Woodside #1
    6 Plymouth Rock #1
    7 Flight of the Foo Birds
    8 Li'l Darling #1
    9 Low Life
    10 Whirly-Bird #1
    11 Swingin' the Blues
    12 Blue on Blue #1
    13 No Moon at All
    14 Well, All Right, Okay, You Win
    15 Fancy Meeting You
    16 Slats
    17 H.R.H. [Her Royal Highness] #1
    18 Duet
    19 Teddy the Toad #1
    - Disc 2 -
    1 Smack Dab in the Middle
    2 Pensive Miss
    3 One O'Clock Jump #1
    4 Counting the Blues
    5 Lullaby of Birdland
    6 I've Got a Girl
    7 You're a Memory
    8 Scoot
    9 Who, Me?
    10 The Kid from Red Bank #1
    11 Late Date
    12 Stop, Pretty Baby
    13 Gee, Baby Ain't I Good to You
    14 Shiny Stockings #1
    15 April in Paris
    16 Blues in Frankie's Flat
    17 In a Mellow Tone #1
    18 Two Time Lover 19 Fantail
    19 Hallelujah, I Love Her So
    - Disc 3 -
    1 Corner Pocket #1
    2 My Baby Upsets Me
    3 Cherry Point
    4 Every Day
    5 How High the Moon #1
    6 Five O'Clock in the Morning
    7 Blue on Blue #2
    8 The Comeback
    9 Whirly-Bird #2
    10 Thou Swell
    11 Teach Me Tonight
    12 Moten Swing #2
    13 Pigalle Love
    14 One O'Clock Jump #2
    15 G'wan Away
    16 Yogi [Aka Yohl]
    17 Bag-A-Bones #1
    18 One O'Clock Jump #3
    19 Spring Is Here #1
    20 Baby, Baby All the Time
    - Disc 4 -
    1 Little Pony #1
    2 Ol' Man River #1
    3 The Midgets
    4 Whirly-Bird #3
    5 Basie-Boogie
    6 The Deacon
    7 Cute #2
    8 Ol' Man River #2
    9 The Kid from Red Bank #2
    10 Spring Is Here #2
    11 Why Not?
    12 Corner Pocket #2
    13 Little Pony #2
    14 Blee Blop Blues
    15 Bubbles
    16 How High the Moon #2
    17 You're Not the Kind
    - Disc 5 -
    1 Teddy the Toad #2
    2 Jumpin' at the Woodside #2
    3 Blues Backstage
    4 Peace Pipe
    5 Plymouth Rock #2
    6 Shiny Stockings #2
    7 H.R.H. [Her Royal Highness] #2
    8 Bag-A-Bones #2
    9 In a Mellow Tone #2
    10 Whirly-Bird
    11 Cute
    12 Thou Swell
    13 Five O'Clock in the Morning
    14 Blee Blop Blues
    15 One O'Clock Jump