title: The Atomic Mr. Basie
text: The Atomic Mr. Basie (originally called Basie, also known as E=MC2 and reissued in 1994 as The Complete Atomic Basie) is a 1958 album by Count Basie, featuring the song arrangements of Neal Hefti and the Count Basie Orchestra.  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." It was voted number 411 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). According to Acclaimed Music, it is the 6th most critically acclaimed album of 1958, the 25th most acclaimed of the 1950s, and the 837th most acclaimed of all time, based on an aggregation of hundreds of critics' lists from around the world.
  
  Reception
  The album won Best Jazz Performance, Group and Best Performance by a Dance Band awards at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards.
  
  Track listing
  All tracks composed and arranged by Neal Hefti, except where indicated.
  
  Personnel
  Wendell Culley — trumpet
  Snooky Young — trumpet
  Thad Jones — trumpet
  Joe Newman — trumpet
  Henry Coker — trombone
  Al Grey — trombone
  Benny Powell — trombone
  Marshal 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)
  
  Notes and references
  
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  References 
  
  1958 albums
  Roulette Records albums
  Albums produced by Teddy Reig
  Count Basie Orchestra albums
  Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
  Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing