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Frank Sinatra: Ultimate Sinatra
by C. Andrew Hovan
Come this December, the world will celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the birth of Frank Sinatra. In a recording career that spanned well over fifty years, Sinatra's iconic voice managed to speak to generations of fans across the globe. To mark this special centennial, Universal Music has opted to put together several configurations of a compilation simply entitled Ultimate Sinatra. For those wanting the royal treatment, you have available the 4-CD set that spans some 101 tracks and also ...
read moreUltimate Sinatra: A Very Good Compilation
by Chris M. Slawecki
On December 12, 1915, Francis Albert Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. This single birth in this sleepy borough was the first tremor in a musical earthquake that changed the cultural landscape all around the world, forever. On April 21, 2015, in celebration of Frank Sinatra's centennial year, Capitol/UMe released the first career retrospective that surveys the complete recording history of “The Chairman of the Board." Drawn from his recordings for Columbia (1943-'52), Capitol (1953-'62; 1993-'94) and ...
read moreFrank Sinatra: An Iconic Voice in American Music
by Chris M. Slawecki
In the 1950s and '60s, there erupted into the world's consciousness a series of celebrities so unique and identifiable, from several different public arenas, that they were known by only one name. It was as if those were names were mythical and could not possibly be mistaken for anyone else. Elvis. Martin and Malcolm. Marilyn. John Paul George and Ringo. Ali. And Sinatra. Frank Sinatra released hit albums for half a century. His career began to take off ...
read moreTop Ten Jazz Songs of My Childhood
by Richard J Salvucci
For some reason, listening to the Great American Songbook was a big part of my Italian immigrant-boomer generation's experience. We learned the values, the rules, the moves and the customs of the folks we wanted to be like. And added a couple of distinctive touches of our own. We liked big bands too. But it wasn't All Frank, All the Time... well, not quite. 1. Maynard Ferguson: “Come Blow Your Horn" From Come Blow ...
read moreFrancis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim: Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings
by Chris M. Slawecki
Finally.The Complete Reprise Recordings compiles every tune--all 20--that America's supreme vocalist recorded with Brazil's preeminent composer during their legendary late 1960s summits. The first ten comprise the famous, fantastic Francis Albert Sinatra / Antonio Carlos Jobim album arranged and orchestrated by Claus Ogerman, released by Reprise in 1967. Sinatra and Jobim reconvened two years later, with Eumir Deodato replacing Ogerman as arranger, to record 10 more tunes for a second Sinatra-Jobim album that the Chairman withdrew from the ...
read moreSing it Out to Swing it Out!
by Chris M. Slawecki
Through samples and loops, vocalese accompaniment within a chorus, harmony behind a verse, or a featured vocalist singing standard verses and choruses, the human voice brings a warm commonality to music from almost every space and time, including these six new and recent releases. Joe Cuba A Man & His Music--El Alcalde del Barrio Fania Records 2010 Exhaustive and exhausting (because you won't be able to stop dancing), A Man & His ...
read moreFrank Sinatra: Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings
by Ernest Barteldes
In 1967, singer Frank Sinatra and singer/guitarist Antonio Carlos Jobim recorded their much-celebrated Francis Albert Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim (originally released on Warner/Reprise), a collection of Jobim compositions alongside a handful of American standards. Though not a top ten record at the time, it was well-received enough to justify a follow-up, so two years later the two reunited for another series of sessions for an album that would have been titled Sinatra/Jobim., which was eventually pulled from the shelves and was, ...
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