It Might as Well Be Swing

by Frank Sinatra & Count Basie Orchestra

It Might as Well Be Swing cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 August 1964
  • Label: Reprise
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 27:04
  • Community rating: 4.06/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Count Basie Orchestra

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Arranged by Quincy Jones, this collaboration pairs Sinatra's smooth vocal phrasing with the powerful brass section of Count Basie's orchestra. The recording incorporates a subtle string section to soften the driving, rhythmic swing of the big band, most notably on 'Fly Me to the Moon'.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, melodic, orchestral, crooning, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (2:29)
  2. I Wish You Love (2:55)
  3. I Believe In You (2:20)
  4. More (Theme From Mondo Cane) (3:03)
  5. I Can't Stop Loving You (2:59)
  6. Hello, Dolly! (from Hello, Dolly!) (2:45)
  7. I Wanna Be Around (2:20)
  8. The Best Is Yet To Come (2:54)
  9. The Good Life (2:26)
  10. Wives And Lovers (2:48)

Credits

  • Frank Sinatra - primary artist
  • Count Basie Orchestra - primary artist
  • Quincy Jones - arranged by, conductor
  • Buddy Catlett - bass
  • Anne Goodman - cello
  • Edgar Lustgarten - cello
  • Sonny Payne - drums
  • Lowell Frank - engineer
  • Freddie Green - guitar
  • Stan Cornyn - liner notes
  • Ted Allan - photography by
  • Count Basie - piano
  • Sonny Burke - producer
  • Charlie Fowlkes - reeds
  • Eric Dixon - reeds
  • Frank Foster - reeds
  • Frank Wess - reeds
  • Marshall Royal - reeds
  • Bill Hughes - trombone
  • Grover Mitchell - trombone
  • Henderson Chambers - trombone
  • Henry Coker - trombone
  • Kenny Shroyer - trombone
  • Al Aarons - trumpet
  • Al Porcino - trumpet
  • Don Rader - trumpet
  • Harry Edison - trumpet
  • Sonny Cohn - trumpet
  • Wallace Davenport - trumpet
  • Emil Richards - vibraphone [vibes]
  • Alvin Dinkin - viola
  • Paul Robyn - viola
  • Stan Harris - viola
  • Virginia Majewski - viola
  • Bonnie Douglas - violin
  • Erno Neufeld - violin
  • Gerald Vinci - violin
  • Israel Baker - violin
  • Jacques Gasselin - violin
  • James Getzoff - violin
  • Lou Raderman - violin
  • Marshall Sosson - violin
  • Paul Shure - violin
  • Thelma Beach - violin
  • Bart Howard - written-by
  • Albert Beach - written-by
  • Charles Trenet - written-by
  • Frank Loesser - written-by
  • Marcello Ciorciolini - written-by
  • Nino Oliviero - written-by
  • Norman Newell - written-by
  • Riz Ortolani - written-by
  • Don Gibson - written-by
  • Jerry Herman - written-by
  • Johnny Mercer - written-by
  • Phil Zeller - written-by
  • Sadie Vimmerstedt - written-by
  • Carolyn Leigh - written-by
  • Cy Coleman - written-by
  • Jack Reardon - written-by

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