Last updated on March 18, 2026

The transcription of Frank Foster tenor saxophone solo on Neal Hefti’s Splanky from Count Basie’s The Atomic Mr. Basie album (Roulette Records 1958).

The Atomic Mr. Basie is a 1958 album by Count Basie, featuring Neal Hefti as a composer and arranger of all songs on the original album release. The tracks were recorded on October 21 & 22, 1957. The tracks on the original release were all composed and arranged by Hefti. Part of the second day was used for recording tracks by Jimmy Mundy, Silks and Satins and Sleepwalker’s Serenade. It also featured recordings of The Late, Late Show, which had been a hit for Dakota Staton that year, also most likely arranged by Mundy. These additional tracks were released in 1994 on The Complete Atomic Basie.

This Frank Foster solo transcription on Splanky are available at transcriptions page.

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