I Remember Tommy | ||||
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Released | October 1961 | |||
Recorded | May 1–3, 1961 Los Angeles | |||
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Length | 41:38 | |||
Label | Reprise FS 1003 | |||
Producer | Gregg Geller | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
I Remember Tommy... is an album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1961. It was recorded as a tribute to bandleader Tommy Dorsey, and consists of re-recorded versions of songs that Sinatra had first performed or recorded with Dorsey earlier in his career. Fellow Dorsey alumnus Sy Oliver arranged and conducted the sessions.
Of the twelve numbers on the album, Sinatra had recorded eleven with the Dorsey Orchestra. The opening number, "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You," was Dorsey's instrumental theme song. Sy Oliver, who was a Dorsey arranger when Sinatra was with the band, arranged three of the original recordings – "East of the Sun and West of the Moon", "Without a Song", and "The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else" Axel Stordahl did the rest, except for "I"ll Be Seeing You", arranger Sy Oliver [2] [3]
"The One I Love," the last vocal track on the album, has "a jaunty Sy Oliver treatment with Oliver himself singing counterpoint." [4]
Reviews of this album were mixed, some noting that this was a well intended effort but which paled in comparison the original 1940s recordings. Others still feel this was a fresher, more contemporary session with sharp high fidelity recording and crisp Sy Oliver arrangements, complemented by a more mature Sinatra but still with top control of his vocal abilities and smart interpretations.
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Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. His theme song was "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You". His technical skill on the trombone gave him renown among other musicians. He was the younger brother of bandleader Jimmy Dorsey. After Dorsey broke with his brother in the mid-1930s, he led an extremely successful band from the late 1930s into the 1950s. He is best remembered for standards such as "Opus One", "Song of India", "Marie", "On Treasure Island", and his biggest hit single, "I'll Never Smile Again".
Melvin James "Sy" Oliver was an American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader.
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