Frank Sinatra - Count Basie Outtakes (@256)

Frank Sinatra/Count Basie
Inside Basie

Outtakes/False Starts/Studio Chatter from the "Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First" Recording Sessions -- October 2 & 3, 1962

TRACK LISTING:
Total Playing Time: 75:15
01. Nice Work If You Can Get It
02. Please Be Kind
03. I Won't Dance
04. Learnin' The Blues
05. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
06. I Only Have Eyes For You
07. My Kinda Girl
08. Pennies From Heaven
09. The Tender Trap 9
10. Looking At The World Thru Rose Colored Glasses 00:15 (Not even a song - just a take number spoken by the engineer)
11. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 02:32

Collection of outtakes from the Sinatra-Basie album. Sinatra's vocals are more up front on these mixes than on the official release. A wonderful study of how FS finds THE perfect way to sing a song. The Count Basie band is so "on it," that Sinatra has the room to really swing. It's a treat to hear him play with different phrasings and accents, even during the same take of a song. They don't make 'em like this anymore.