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1Jasper
I'll post a few of mine with comments and, since I see none of you has Will Friedwald's Sinatra! The Song Is You the definitive guide to Frank's recorded output, I'll include a few quotes from there.
All I Need is the Girl from Francis A. & Edward K. 1967
From Freidwald: "...Francis A. contains what might be his most concentrated singing. Whether it was the newness of the setting or because he was afraid of missing notes, Sinatra bears down with a supertight intensity. Instead of sounding unrelaxed - in fact, he's quite loose on "All I Need is the Girl" - he sounds more keenly centered than ever. For the first time since the '40s he abstains from familiar Frankisms such as "baby" and "jack" and throws in hardly any of his ad hoc lyric alterations."
The horn section here is terrific with lots of that tension and release stuff the music scholars are always going on about. He really does sound relaxed and joyfull on this cut.
I know I slagged the Reprise output below but thinking about it, and I will continue to, at least 3 of my 5 favorite Sinatra cuts are on Reprise.
All I Need is the Girl from Francis A. & Edward K. 1967
From Freidwald: "...Francis A. contains what might be his most concentrated singing. Whether it was the newness of the setting or because he was afraid of missing notes, Sinatra bears down with a supertight intensity. Instead of sounding unrelaxed - in fact, he's quite loose on "All I Need is the Girl" - he sounds more keenly centered than ever. For the first time since the '40s he abstains from familiar Frankisms such as "baby" and "jack" and throws in hardly any of his ad hoc lyric alterations."
The horn section here is terrific with lots of that tension and release stuff the music scholars are always going on about. He really does sound relaxed and joyfull on this cut.
I know I slagged the Reprise output below but thinking about it, and I will continue to, at least 3 of my 5 favorite Sinatra cuts are on Reprise.
2marise
What are your other 2 favorite cuts on Reprise?
Most of our Sinatra CDs are Capitol, but we have on Reprise: The Very Good Years, Sinatra & Jobim, At the Sands w/Basie and Sinatra-Basie.
Has "All I Need is the Girl" been included on any collection CD?
Most of our Sinatra CDs are Capitol, but we have on Reprise: The Very Good Years, Sinatra & Jobim, At the Sands w/Basie and Sinatra-Basie.
Has "All I Need is the Girl" been included on any collection CD?
3Jasper
Marise,
The only compilation I'm aware it's on is the Reprise box set (save your coin). Pick up Francis A. & Edward K. - there's several other great cuts on it (and a couple clunkers). That's a great dinner tradition your family has, I wish my parents would've been so enlightened - all we got was Walter Cronkite.
The only compilation I'm aware it's on is the Reprise box set (save your coin). Pick up Francis A. & Edward K. - there's several other great cuts on it (and a couple clunkers). That's a great dinner tradition your family has, I wish my parents would've been so enlightened - all we got was Walter Cronkite.
4Jasper
I Get a Kick out of You from Songs for Young Lovers. 1953
The first collaboration with Nelson Riddle.
From Freidwald: "Anyone with half an ear can hear what Riddle did for Sinatra, but it takes a little more digging to ascertain what Sinatra did for Riddle - apart from making him a national name by letting him ride on the coattails of one of the most phenominal comebacks in showbiz history....working with Sinatra was the catalyst that inspired what would soon be instantly identifiable as the Nelson Riddle sound."
An unusual band here - 2 reeds, 4 strings, guitar, piano, bass, drums and harp. But it works well with these marvelous arrangements and has a very light, airy feel throughout.
Listen to the way he draws out the ffffs in the second verse - makes me think Ol' Blue Eyes had more than a passing acquaintance with Bolivian Marching Powder. Perhaps that was a factor in his legendary crash and burn of the late 40's?
The first collaboration with Nelson Riddle.
From Freidwald: "Anyone with half an ear can hear what Riddle did for Sinatra, but it takes a little more digging to ascertain what Sinatra did for Riddle - apart from making him a national name by letting him ride on the coattails of one of the most phenominal comebacks in showbiz history....working with Sinatra was the catalyst that inspired what would soon be instantly identifiable as the Nelson Riddle sound."
An unusual band here - 2 reeds, 4 strings, guitar, piano, bass, drums and harp. But it works well with these marvelous arrangements and has a very light, airy feel throughout.
Listen to the way he draws out the ffffs in the second verse - makes me think Ol' Blue Eyes had more than a passing acquaintance with Bolivian Marching Powder. Perhaps that was a factor in his legendary crash and burn of the late 40's?
5cdyankeefan
hi all- i dont know how many if any are from the nyc area- the city's radio station's main dj is jonathan schwartz who is a sinatra expert and ive learned quite a bit about sinatra through listening to jonathan- if y'all are sinatra fans i would defintely urge you to listen to anything by nancy lamott- she had a voice like an angel and just amazing to listen to
