Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First
Frank Sinatra with the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Neal Hefti.
Count Basie & His Orchestra, 1962
- Released
- 1962
- Label
- Reprise
The 1962 studio album was the first recording Frank Sinatra made with Basie. Neal Hefti arranged it. Sinatra sang its arrangement of Please Be Kind on The Dinah Shore Show on December 9, 1962, the day before the album came out. Basie was unfamiliar with some of the material, and Sinatra's longtime pianist Bill Miller played piano on Pennies from Heaven. A second studio album, It Might as Well Be Swing, followed in 1964, and Sinatra at the Sands in 1966 featured the Basie band live.
Track listing
- Pennies from Heaven3:29
- Please Be Kind2:43
- (Love Is) The Tender Trap2:37
- Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses2:32
- My Kind of Girl4:37
- I Only Have Eyes for You3:31
- Nice Work If You Can Get It2:37
- Learnin' the Blues4:25
- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter2:36
- I Won't Dance4:07
Personnel
- Frank Sinatra vocals
- Count Basie piano
- Bill Miller piano
- Neal Hefti arranger
- Freddie Green guitar
- Sonny Payne drums
More from Count Basie & His Orchestra
Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955), The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958), Basie Plays Hefti (1958), Ella and Basie! (1963)
Sources
- Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First, Wikipedia