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Frank Sinatra and Count Basie's second collaboration, It Might as Well Be Swing, was a more structured, swing-oriented set than Sinatra-Basie, and in many ways the superior album. The album consists of then-recently written songs, arranged as if they were swing numbers. The results work splendidly, not just because arranger/conductor Quincy Jones found the core of each of the songs, but because Basie and his band were flexible. Adding a string section to their core band, Basie plays a more standard swing than he did on Sinatra-Basie, but that doesn't mean It Might as Well Be Swing is devoid of jazz. Both Basie and Sinatra manage to play with the melodies and the beat, even though the album never loses sight of its purpose as a swing album. However, what makes It Might as Well Be Swing more successful is the consistently high level of the performances. On their previous collaboration, both Sinatra and Basie sounded a bit worn out, but throughout this record they play with energy and vigor.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Bart Howard, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Conductor - Count Basie, MainArtist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V.
Albert Beach, ComposerLyricist - Charles Trenet, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, MainArtist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V.
Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, MainArtist - FRANK LOESSER, ComposerLyricist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V.
Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Newell, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie, MainArtist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Marcello Ciorciolini, ComposerLyricist - Riz Ortolani, ComposerLyricist - Nino Oliviero, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V.
Don Gibson, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, MainArtist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V.
Jerry Herman, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, MainArtist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Sadie Vimmerstedt, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, MainArtist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, MainArtist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - CY COLEMAN, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - CAROLYN LEIGH, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Jack Reardon, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, MainArtist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - SACHA DISTEL, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, MainArtist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal Music International B.V
Albumbeschreibung
Frank Sinatra and Count Basie's second collaboration, It Might as Well Be Swing, was a more structured, swing-oriented set than Sinatra-Basie, and in many ways the superior album. The album consists of then-recently written songs, arranged as if they were swing numbers. The results work splendidly, not just because arranger/conductor Quincy Jones found the core of each of the songs, but because Basie and his band were flexible. Adding a string section to their core band, Basie plays a more standard swing than he did on Sinatra-Basie, but that doesn't mean It Might as Well Be Swing is devoid of jazz. Both Basie and Sinatra manage to play with the melodies and the beat, even though the album never loses sight of its purpose as a swing album. However, what makes It Might as Well Be Swing more successful is the consistently high level of the performances. On their previous collaboration, both Sinatra and Basie sounded a bit worn out, but throughout this record they play with energy and vigor.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:26:56
- Main artists: Frank Sinatra The Count Basie Orchestra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: FRANK SINATRA DIGITAL REPRISE
- Genre: Jazz
© 1964 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC ℗ 1998 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
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