This album presents he complete classic album BasiePlays Hefti, a follow up to the celebrated LP The AtomicMr.Basie, wich also presented arrangements and tunes byNeal Hefti. With the obvious exception of the tunes from the Atomicalbum, the bonus tracks present all other existing songsfeaturing Basie playing music composed and arranged byHefti recorded between 1952 and 1958, and taken fromvarious rarely heard and difficult to find studio sessions.