Jazz Articles about Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra: Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings

by Ernest Barteldes
June 17, 2010

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, ...

Frank Sinatra: New York

by Mark Corroto
November 22, 2009

Frank Sinatra Sinatra: New York Reprise 2009

The true icons of American music, and there are only a few, include Louis Armstrong, Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra. Their art changed the way we listen to music, and probably more important, their personal style made a deep impression on American culture. Of Armstrong, Dylan and Sinatra, it is without a doubt Sinatra, “Ol' Blue Eyes," who continues to be the epitome of style. ...

Frank Sinatra: On The Radio: The Lucky Strike "Lite-Up Time" Shows (1949-1950)

by Graham L. Flanagan
May 19, 2009

With its recently launched Premier Collection, British outfit Acrobat Music makes a strong case for the title of Best Up-and-Coming Label. Along with rare radio sessions by Dave Brubeck, Sarah Vaughan, the classic Miles Davis Quintet and more, one of the highlights of the series has to be an unearthed gem from none other than Frank Sinatra. On the Radio: The Lucky Strike “Lite-Up Time" Shows 1949-1950 compiles a series of nightly broadcasts Sinatra recorded for CBS, with heavy 'promotional ...

Frank Sinatra: A Voice In Time (1939-1952)

by David Rickert
January 12, 2008

Eventually we are all forced to realize that, no matter who we are, we will never be as cool as Sinatra. A Voice In Time, a four-CD box set that captures the period from 1939-1952, helps to show why. While these are not his most well-known recordings--and arguably his best recordings came immediately after this period, once he signed with Capitol--there is still a lot of great music here to enjoy, and it's a testament to how great Sinatra was ...

Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas

by Samuel Chell
January 10, 2008

Frank Sinatra Sinatra--Vegas Reprise Records 2006

Downbeat magazine's listing of this recording as among the best of 2007 reminds us that not the least of the phenomenal one's talents was his towering strength as a “jazz singer": Sinatra, in fact, was a classy hat trick, a spectacular three-act opera, three scenes per act. First, there's the Columbia, Capitol, and Reprise Sinatras; next, there's the swinger, the torch singer, and the surprisingly “legit" descendent of ...

Frank Sinatra: The Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection

by Mark Sabbatini
December 15, 2004

This album almost captures Frank Sinatra's career and Christmas day for many too well: a promising start sustains for a while before sagging and eventually collapsing as disappointing reality fails to meet anticipation. The Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection features 18 classic songs recorded between 1957 and 1991 for Reprise (a different set than his holiday compilation for Capitol). Most are from earlier albums, although there are two previously unreleased duets with Bing Crosby plus a rendition of “Silent ...

Frank Sinatra: Young Blue Eyes: Birth of the Crooner

by David Rickert
May 25, 2004

A prophetic moment occurs on The Birth of a Crooner after the MC introduces Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra. Dorsey responds, “you sure you don’t mean Frank Sinatra and his Orchestra?” The cover of the CD will lead one to believe that the bandleader knew what was coming, since Sinatra’s name occupies most of the cover and Dorsey’s name appears in small print below, a footnote to the career of one of history’s greatest singers. However, both were responsible for ...