Frank Sinatra

• 20-PAGE BOOKLET EDITION

• INCLUDES BONUS ALBUM

• PLUS 5 BONUS TRACKS

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

INCLUDES NEW SPECIALLY PREPARED LINER NOTES BY PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ'S WRITER BRIAN MORTON AND BY PARIS'S PRESTIGIOUS JAZZ MAGAZINE

“Sinatra had long since mastered the microphone, which had become his instrument, capable of a full-on roar or a whisper so intimate it seemed to be spoken inside the listener’s head. Tackling things like “Nice Work If You Can Get It” and “I Won’t Dance” took him back to a kind of repertoire he had mastered two decades before. The youthful sheen hadn’t quite left the voice and age hadn’t yet darkened it. Basie wasn’t the greatest sight-reader and may not have played on all the tracks, but his band knew the score and Sinatra-Basie remains a collaboration of great strength and naturalness.” - PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

“The following decade would see Sinatra’s comeback to stardom, and Sinatra-Basie remains one of the highlights of that period. In this summit meeting, the iconic sonority of Basie’s orchestra is sublimated by Neal Hefti’s arrangements, while Sinatra, impeccable from start to finish, draws from the prodigious energy of the horns, strings and drums of this triumphant big band a simply irresistible elegance.” - JAZZ MAGAZINE

PERSONNEL:

• FRANK SINATRA, vocals
• COUNT BASIE, piano & conductor
• The Count Basie Orchestra

Los Angeles, October 2 & 3, 1962.

TRACKS:

• 01 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
• 02 PLEASE BE KIND
• 03 (LOVE IS) THE TENDER TRAP
• 04 LOOKING AT THE WORLD THRU ROSE COLORED GLASSES
• 05 MY KIND OF GIRL
• 06 I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
• 07 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
• 08 LEARNIN’ THE BLUES
• 09 I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER
• 10 I WON’T DANCE
• 11 GOODY GOODY (*)
• 12 THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME (*)
• 13 AT LONG LAST LOVE (*)
• 14 I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT (*)
• 15 DON’T CHA GO ‘WAY MAD (*)
• 16 I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU (*)
• 17 TANGERINE (*)
• 18 LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER (*)
• 19 AIN’T SHE SWEET (*)
• 20 SERENADE IN BLUE (*)
• 21 I LOVE YOU (*)
• 22 PICK YOURSELF UP (*)
• 23 EVERYBODY’S TWISTIN’(**)
• 24 NOTHING BUT THE BEST (**)
• 25 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (**)
• 26 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (**)
• 27 I WON’T DANCE (**)

• TOTAL TIME: 78:35 Min.

• *) BONUS ALBUM
• (**) BONUS TRACKS