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The long-awaited first 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 where 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 a Sinatra record, 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 record was criticized by some as a letdown when it came out, probably because Neal Hefti's charts rarely permit the band to roar, concentrating on use of subtlety and space. Yet the record's restraint has worn very well over the long haul -- it doesn't beat you into submission -- and it concludes with its best shot, a wonderfully playful treatment of "I Won't Dance."
© 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, Author - Neal Hefti, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Count Basie and his Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1962 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 - 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, Composer - Count Basie, MainArtist - Dorothy Fields, Author - Neal Hefti, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Otto Harbach, Author - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, MainArtist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1962 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC, Universal International Music B.V
Album review
The long-awaited first 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 where 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 a Sinatra record, 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 record was criticized by some as a letdown when it came out, probably because Neal Hefti's charts rarely permit the band to roar, concentrating on use of subtlety and space. Yet the record's restraint has worn very well over the long haul -- it doesn't beat you into submission -- and it concludes with its best shot, a wonderfully playful treatment of "I Won't Dance."
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:58
- Main artists: Frank Sinatra Count Basie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: FRANK SINATRA DIGITAL REPRISE
- Genre: Jazz
© 1962 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC ℗ 2009 Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
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