Sinatra, Frank - Sinatra & Basie

NEW VINYL LP ON JAZZ IMAGE 2021

180 GRAM VINYL.

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 Jazz to Jazz.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinatra–Basie:_An_Historic_Musical_Firs

Tracklist

A1        Pennies From Heaven 3:28
A2        Please Be Kind 2:41
A3        (Love Is) The Tender Trap 2:35
A4        Looking At The World Thru Rose Coloured Glasses 2:29
A5        My Kind Of Girl 4:35
A6        Pennies From Heaven 2:41
B1        I Only Have Eyes For You 3:29
B2        Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:35
B3        Learnin' The Blues 4:24
B4        I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 2:34
B5        I Won't Dance 4:06
B6        Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:21