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FRANK SINATRA
AND THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA + 2 BONUS TRACKS (LP) (LTD)
| Label | PAN-AM |
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| Catalog | 9152252 |
| Format | LP |
| Discs | 1 |
| Category | JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY |
| Street Date | 2016-01-14 |
- LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs. HIGH-DEFINITION PREMIUM VINYL PRESSING FOR SUPER FIDELITY. 180 gram VINYL -AUDIOPHILE PRESSING. Both Frank Sinatra and Count Basie were highly regarded musicians when they recorded their first album together Sinatra-Basie (Reprise R9-1008) in 1962. It was arranged by Neal Hefti (1922-2008) who had a lot to do with the fact that the Count Basie band was still active in the 1960s. In October 1957 Count Basie had recorded the album E=MC2 also known as The Atomic Mr. Basie. It became one of the top-hit LPs by the Basie band and featured splendid arrangements and compositions by Hefti. Sinatra had also recorded previously with Neal Hefti. In fact Sinatra and Swinging Brass (Reprise R9-1005) was taped by Sinatra with Hefti a few months before the Sinatra-Basie collaboration. “I’ve waited twenty years for this moment” said Frank Sinatra before entering the studio to begin work on Sinatra-Basie one of the most eagerly anticipated LPs of the time. Teaming the inimitable vocal stylings of the Chairman of the Board with the potent propulsive alchemy of the Count Basie orchestra Sinatra-Basie was indeed an album worth the wait. An historic musical first Sinatra-Basie features ten extraordinary selections recorded over a period of two weeks in late 1962.
FRANK SINATRA vocals
COUNT BASIE piano & conductor
The Count Basie Orchestra
Al Aarons Sonny Cohn Thad Jones Al Porcino Fortunatus “Fip” Ricard (tp) Henry Coker Benny Powell Rufus Wagner (tb) Marshal Royal (cl as) Frank Wess (as fl ts) Eric Dixon (ts fl) Frank Foster (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bar) Freddie Green (g) Buddy Catlett (b) Sonny Payne (d).
Los Angeles October 2 (tracks A2 B2-B3 & B5) & October 3 (tracks A1 A3-A5 B1 & B4) 1962.
Arrangements by NEAL HEFTI. Produced by FRANK SINATRA
*BONUS TRACKS:
FRANK SINATRA (vcl). Orchestra conducted by NEAL HEFTI.
Arrangements by Neal Hefti (A6) & Skip Martin (B6). Produced by Frank Sinatra.
Los Angeles February 27 1962. Originally issued on Reprise 45rpm 0063.
- SIDE A:
1. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (Johnny Burke-Arthur Johnston)
2. PLEASE BE KIND (Sammy Cahn-Saul Chaplin)
3. (LOVE IS) THE TENDER TRAP (Sammy Cahn-Jimmy Van Heusen)
4. LOOKING AT THE WORLD THRU ROSE COLORED GLASSES (Jimmy Steiger-Tommy Malie)
5. MY KIND OF GIRL (Leslie Bricusse)
6. EVERYBODY’S TWISTIN’ (Rube Bloom-Ted Koehler) *
SIDE B:
1. I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU (Harry Warren-Al Dubin)
2. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (George & Ira Gershwin)
3. LEARNIN’ THE BLUES (Dolores Vicki Silvers)
4. I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER (Fred E. Ahlert-Joe Young)
5. I WON’T DANCE (Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II-Dorothy Fields-Otto Harbach)
6. NOTHING BUT THE BEST (John Rotella)*
