Frank Sinatra and Count Basie The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (jazz)(flac)[rogercc][h33t]

Frank Sinatra & Count Basie The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings

Recorded: October 2–3, 1962-June 1964

Released : 6 September 2011

Label : Concord

Format : Flac







The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings is a 2011 compilation album by American singer, Frank Sinatra that consists 20 songs he recorded with jazz pianist, Count Basie. Tracks 1-10 from "Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First" (1962), and 11-20 more from "It Might as Well Be Swing" (1964).

An Historic Musical First





It Might as Well Be Swing



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 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.



Tracklist :

01. Pennies from Heaven – 3:29

02. Please Be Kind – 2:43

03. (Love Is) The Tender Trap – 2:37

04. Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses – 2:32

05. My Kind of Girl – 4:37

06. I Only Have Eyes for You – 3:31

07. Nice Work If You Can Get It – 2:37

08. Learnin' the Blues – 4:25

09. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter – 2:36

10. I Won't Dance – 4:07

11. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) – 2:30

12. I Wish You Love – 2:56

13. I Believe in You – 2:21

14. More (Theme from Mondo Cane) – 3:05

15. I Can't Stop Loving You" – 3:00

16. Hello, Dolly! – 2:45

17. I Wanna Be Around – 2:25

18. The Best Is Yet to Come – 3:10

19. The Good Life – 3:10

20. Wives and Lovers – 2:50



Tracks 1- 10

Frank Sinatra - vocals

Count Basie - piano

with the Count Basie Band

Thad Jones, F P Ricard, Sonny Cohn, Albert Aaarons, Al Pacino – trumpets

Henry Coker, Rufus Wagner, Benny Powell – trombones

Marshall Royal, Frank Foster, Eric Dixon, Frank Wess, Charlie Fowlkes – saxaphones

Frank Wess – flute

Buddy Catlett – bass

Freddie Green – guitar

Sonny Payne - drums

Arranged and conducted by Neil Hefti



Tracks 11 -20

Frank Sinatra - vocals

Count Basie - piano

with the Count Basie Orchestra

Al Pacino, Don Ryder, Wallace Davenport, Al Aarons,

George Cohn, Harry Sweets Edison – trumpets

Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes,

Henderson Chambers, Kenny Shrover – trombones

Frank Foster, Charles Fowlkes, Marshall Royal, Frank Wess, Eric Dixon –reeds

Emil Richards – vibes

George Catlett – bass

Freddie Green – guitar

Sonny Payne – drums

Gerald Vinci, Isreal Baker, Jacques Gasseln, Thelma Beach, Bonnie Douglas, Marshall Sosson, Emo Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure, James Getsoff – violins

Virginia Majewski, Paul Robyn, AlvinDinkin, Stan Harris – violas

Edgar Lustgarten, Ann Goodwin –cellos

Produced by Sonny Burke

Arranged by Quincy Jones