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| 1. | Fly Me to the Moon
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| 2. | I Wish You Love
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| 3. | I Believe in You
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| 4. | More
Theme from "Mondo Cane"
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| 5. | I Can't Stop Loving You
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| 6. | Hello, Dolly!
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| 7. | I Wanna Be Around
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| 8. | The Best Is Yet to Come
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| 9. | The Good Life
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| 10. | Wives and Lovers
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Jazz / Vocal; Vocal Jazz; Big Band; Swing; Trad Jazz; Traditional Pop
Recorded: Jun 9-12, 1964
Frank Sinatra - vocals
Count Basie - piano
Quincy Jones - conductor
Freddie Green - guitar
Gerald Vinci, Israel Baker, Jacques Gasselin, Thelma Beach Bonnie Douglas, Marshall Sosson, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Paul Sure, James Getzoff - violins
Virginia Majewski, Paul Robyn, Alvin Dinkin, Stu Harris - violas
Edgar Lustgarten - cellos
Ann Goodman - cellos
Frank Foster, Charles Fowlkes, Marshal Royal, Frank Wess, Eric Dixon - reeds
Al Porcino, Don Rader, Wallace Davenport, Al Aarons, George Cohn, Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpets
Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes, Henderson Chambers, Kenny Shroyer - trombones
Emil Richards - vibes
George Catlett - bass
Sonny Payne - drums
Frank Sinatra and Count Basie's second collaboration, It Might As Well Be Swing, was a more structured, swing-oriented set than Sinatra-Basie, and in many ways the superior album. The album consists of recently written songs, arranged as if they were swing numbers. The results work splendidly, not just because arranger/conductor Quincy Jones found the core of each of the songs, but because Basie and his band were flexible. Adding a string section to their core band, Basie plays a more standard swing than he did on Sinatra-Basie, but that doesn't mean It Might As Well Be Swing is devoid of jazz. Both Basie and Sinatra manage to play with the melodies and the beat, even though the album never loses sight of its purpose as a swing album. However, what makes It Might As Well Be Swing more successful is the consistently high level of the performances. On their previous collaboration, both Sinatra and Basie sounded a bit worn out, but throughout this record they play with energy and vigor.
---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic
Includes an interview with arranger/conductor Quincy Jones. |
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