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The long-awaited collaboration between two icons, Count Basie and Frank Sinatra, did something unique for the reputations of both. For Basie, the Sinatra connection inaugurated a period in the '60s when his band was more popular and better known than it ever was, even in the big-band era. For Sinatra, Basie meant liberation, producing perhaps the loosest, rhythmically free singing of his career. Propelled by the irresistible drums of Sonny Payne, Sinatra careens up to and around the tunes, reacting jauntily to the beat and encouraging Payne to swing even harder, which was exactly the way to interact with the Basie rhythm machine -- using his exquisite timing flawlessly. Also, the members of the Basie band play a more prominent role than usual on these two Sinatra records (originally released as Sinatra-Basie and It Might as Well Be Swing), with soloists like Frank Wess -- in some of the finest flute work of his life -- and tenors Frank Foster and Eric Dixon getting prominent solo opportunities on several of the tracks. The music was criticized by some as a letdown when it came out, probably because the charts of Neal Hefti and Quincy Jones rarely permit the band to roar, concentrating on use of subtlety and space. Yet its restraint has worn very well over the long haul. It doesn't beat you into submission, and the treatment of these standards is wonderfully playful.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Arthur Johnston, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Neal Hefti, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Miller, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V.
Count Basie, MainArtist - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Neal Hefti, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - SAUL CHAPLIN, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V
Count Basie, MainArtist - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Neal Hefti, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
Count Basie, MainArtist - Neal Hefti, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, Orchestra - Tommy Malie, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Steiger, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V.
Leslie Bricusse, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Neal Hefti, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V.
Count Basie, MainArtist - AL DUBIN, ComposerLyricist - Harry Warren, ComposerLyricist - Neal Hefti, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Neal Hefti, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V.
Count Basie, MainArtist - Neal Hefti, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, Orchestra - Dolores Vicki Silvers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V.
Count Basie, MainArtist - Neal Hefti, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Joe Young, ComposerLyricist - FRED AHLERT, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V.
Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - Neal Hefti, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Otto Harbach, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
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
Album review
The long-awaited collaboration between two icons, Count Basie and Frank Sinatra, did something unique for the reputations of both. For Basie, the Sinatra connection inaugurated a period in the '60s when his band was more popular and better known than it ever was, even in the big-band era. For Sinatra, Basie meant liberation, producing perhaps the loosest, rhythmically free singing of his career. Propelled by the irresistible drums of Sonny Payne, Sinatra careens up to and around the tunes, reacting jauntily to the beat and encouraging Payne to swing even harder, which was exactly the way to interact with the Basie rhythm machine -- using his exquisite timing flawlessly. Also, the members of the Basie band play a more prominent role than usual on these two Sinatra records (originally released as Sinatra-Basie and It Might as Well Be Swing), with soloists like Frank Wess -- in some of the finest flute work of his life -- and tenors Frank Foster and Eric Dixon getting prominent solo opportunities on several of the tracks. The music was criticized by some as a letdown when it came out, probably because the charts of Neal Hefti and Quincy Jones rarely permit the band to roar, concentrating on use of subtlety and space. Yet its restraint has worn very well over the long haul. It doesn't beat you into submission, and the treatment of these standards is wonderfully playful.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:20
- Main artists: Frank Sinatra Count Basie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: FRANK SINATRA DIGITAL REPRISE
- Genre: Jazz
© 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC ℗ 2011 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
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