Track Listing 1. Second Time Around, The 2. Hey, Jealous Lover 3. I'll Never Smile Again 4. Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week 5. This Love of Mine 6. I Thought About You 7. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning 8. Come Fly With Me 9. On the Road to Mandalay 10. Only the Lonely 11. South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) 12. All of Me 13. My Kind of Town 14. Come Rain or Come Shine 15. Hey, Jealous Lover - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 48 min. | | Producer: | Jim Davis | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes This release contains an eight-page booklet with original release liner notes by Stanely Dance and reissue liner notes by James Isaacs and Frank Foster. Personnel: Count Basie (piano); Billy Byers (arranger); Bobby Plater (alto saxophone); Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Frank Foster (tenor saxophone); Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Wallace Davenport, Sam Noto (trumpets); Henderson Chambers, Al Grey, Bill Hughes, Grover Mitchell (trombones); Eric Dixon (flute, tenor saxophone); Marshall Royal (clarinet, alto saxophone); Freddie Green (guitar); Buddy Catlett, Wyatt Ruther (bass); Sonny Payne, Irving Cottler, J.C. Heard (drums). Recorded in New York on April 8-11, 1963 and Los Angeles, California on January 13-14, 1965. Frank Sinatra and Count Basie, after their initial collaboration in 1962, brought about a revival both in swing and in big band music that would earn them a place in the annals of pop culture. FRANKLY BASIE is an all-instrumental album featuring the Basie band in superb form. "I'll Never Smile Again" and "Only the Lonely" sound particularly inspired. On the former, trombonist Urbie Green performs an elegant, warm-toned solo that recalls the great Tommy Dorsey without actually mimicking him, while on the latter, alto saxophonist Marshall Royal plays a silken, vibrato-laden solo that gives the music a sultry feel. Other standout tracks include the familiar "I Thought About You" and "All of Me." A fitting tribute to The Chairman Of The Board, FRANKLY BASIE is a hard swinging, toe-tapping gem.
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