1964 Reprise F 1012 mono vinyl release. Vinyl plays very good plus; does not skip. Jacket is whole; paper tear top left corner tip and center left edge; ringwear; no bar code.

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Album Features Artist: Count Basie/Frank Sinatra; Quincy JonesFormat: AlbumRelease Year: 1964Record Label: RepriseGenre: Big Band, Jazz Instrument, Pop vocal

Track Listing
Side 1

1. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
2. I Wish You Love
3. I Believe in You
4. More (Theme From "Mondo Cane")
5. I Can't Stop Loving You

Side 2

6. Hello Dolly!
7. I Wanna Be Around
8. The Best Is Yet to Come
9. The Good Life
10. Wives and Lovers

DetailsPlaying Time: 28 min.Contributing Artists: Quincy JonesProducer: Sonny BurkeDistributor: RepriseRecording Type: StudioRecording Mode: Mono

Album Notes
Personnel: 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, 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). Liner notes by Stan Cornyn.

Conceived as a follow-up to the previous year's successful SINATRA-BASIE, IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SWING pairs Frank Sinatra with Count Basie's ever-swinging band of the early sixties. Quincy Jones handles the arranging chores this time around, providing a hard driving contrast to the light-footed, intellectual Neal Hefti, who had arranged the previous session.

Song choices like "More" and "Hello Dolly" reflect the hits of the day but they receive the royal treatment anyway. "Hello Dolly" effortlessly mutates into a spirited tribute to Louis Armstrong, so its inclusion is more than justified. Sinatra even goes so far as to "challenge" Ray Charles by taking the country/ soul approach to "I Can't Stop Loving You," bringing it off in characteristic style.

Frank must have had other singers on his mind around this time, or at least their hits. He covers no less than four songs associated with Tony Bennett--"I Wanna Be Around," "Fly Me To The Moon," "The Good Life" and "The Best Is Yet To Come"--good songs all, and Sinatra's versions compare favorably with Bennett's definitive versions. The Basie band is superb of course, with Basie's piano much in evidence.