DAY 10: COUNT BASIE "THE ATOMIC MR. BASIE" (1957)

Imagine Jessica Rabbit walking down the stairs in Las Vegas with her super red lips and super tight red dress. Her perky gigantic boobs bouncing as she makes her way to the crowd. That's what this album is like. It's that sexy! Especially when it's really slow, it's like a foreplay soundtrack! 

This was made in the 50's so you automatically get that Great Gatsby-Dick Tracy-Bonnie and Clyde. Las Vegas vibe; bright, energetic, sensual and dangerous. I can name a dozen of movies that reminds me of this album.

I'm a big piano fan and one of my frustrations in life is that I don't know how to play one. People like Ben Folds and Tori Amos made me realize how bad ass a piano can be. But this is mostly because of the combination of the piano and the lyrics of their songs. This would be my second "instrumental" jazz album and I'm still getting the hang of it. 

I want to call this album a "free for all". It's free for all because it's all up to you! There are no words that tells you the meaning of the songs so it's pretty much based on what you feel when you hear it. I would love to hear this live though. Some songs are just better to hear in person. If it's all about the instruments then I'd rather see it played.

I remember watching my first orchestra ever. I was in college and was into "NU METAL". You can just imagine the horror in my face when my professor told me that we need to watch an orchestra for a school project. I thought I was going to die! For one, I thought I was going to see super old people playing music but I was wrong. What a dumbass! Majority of them happened to be very young. 

To my surprise, I enjoyed it. I had fun because of the passion and the intensity I saw from the musicians faces. Listening to this album makes me wish that I know how to play an instrument. Preferably, a piano. Unfortunately, I don't have the talent.

...And just like that we now traverse to the other part of music, the performance part. I look forward to talking about this on the next albums.

Nine records down, 992 more!
I'm all fired up! Let's go!