Sinatra and Swingin' Brass

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Sinatra and Swingin' Brass
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Studio album by
Frank Sinatra
Released1962
RecordedApril 10–11, 1962 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length30:06
Label Reprise
R 1005 (mono), R9 1005 (stereo)
Frank Sinatra chronology
Point of No Return
(1962)		Sinatra and Swingin' Brass
(1962)		 Sinatra Sings of Love and Things
(1962)
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Sinatra And Swingin' Brass is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. Released in 1962, it is Sinatra's fifth album released by Reprise Records.

Contents

This is the first time Sinatra worked with arranger/composer Neal Hefti on an album project, following a single-only session that took place in April 1962. For Sinatra and Swingin' Brass, the singer re-recorded a number of songs he had previously recorded for Capitol. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" and "I Get a Kick Out of You" had been recorded eight years earlier for Songs for Young Lovers , "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" had been recorded six years prior for Songs for Swingin' Lovers , and "At Long Last Love" had been recorded five years earlier for A Swingin' Affair! .

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Goody Goody"
1:47
2."They Can't Take That Away from Me"
2:41
3."At Long Last Love" Cole Porter 2:14
4."I'm Beginning to See the Light"
2:34
5."Don'cha Go 'Way Mad"
3:12
6."I Get a Kick Out of You"Porter3:14
7."Tangerine"
2:03
8."Love Is Just Around the Corner"
2:27
9."Ain't She Sweet"
2:07
10."Serenade In Blue"
2:58
11."I Love You"Porter2:16
12."Pick Yourself Up"
2:33
Total length:30:06
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Everybody's Twistin'"
2:31
14."Nothing But the Best"Johnny Rotella3:00
15."You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me"
2:38
Total length:38:15

The last three songs are bonus tracks on the 1992 CD release, not available on the 1998 Entertainer of the Century remastered series.

Complete personnel

Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12:

11-April-1962 (Wednesday) - Hollywood. United Recording. 8:00 to 11:30 P.M.

Al Porcino, Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Gerald Wilson (tpt); Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Frank Rosolino, Lew McCreary (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Ben Webster, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/ wwd); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Al McKibbon (b); Earl Palmer (d); Neal Hefti (arr).

Tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11:

10-April-1962 (Tuesday) - Hollywood. United Recording. 8:00 to 11:30 P.M.

Al Porcino, Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Gerald Wilson (tpt); Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Frank Rosolino, Lew McCreary (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Ben Webster, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Al McKibbon (b); Earl Palmer (d); Neal Hefti (arr).

Tracks 13, 14:

27/28-February-1962 (Tue/Wed) - Hollywood. United Recording. 11 P.M. to 1 A.M.

Al Porcino, Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Stu Williamson (tpt); Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Frank Rosolino (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Bill Perkins, Buddy Collette, Jack Nimitz (sax); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Al McKibbon (b); Earl Palmer (d). Neal Hefti, Skippy Martin (arr).

Track 15:

21-February-1963 (Thursday) - Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios. 9 P.M. to 12 M.

Cappy Lewis, Uan Rasey, Mannie Klein, Shorty Sherock (tpt); Dick Noel, Tom Shepard, Vernon Friley (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, John Cave, Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw (fr-h); Harry Klee (sax/fl); Arthur Gleghorn (fl); William Kosinski, Gordon Schoneberg (oboe); Hugo Raimondi (sax/cit); Mitchell Lurie (cit); Charles Butler (b-clt); Chuck Gentry (sax/b-clt); Donald Christlieb, Lloyd Hildebrand (bsn); Justin Gordon, Plas Johnson (sax); Erno Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Israel Baker, Joachim Chassman, Gerald Vinci, Nathan Ross, Alex Beller, Victor Bay, Anatol Kaminsky, Arnold Belnick, Paul Shure, Joe Stepansky, Victor Arno, James Getzoff, Davida Jackson, Lennie Malarsky (vln); Paul Robyn, Stanley Harris, Allan Harshman, Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Neiman (via); Ray Kramer, Justin DiTullio, David Pratt, Armand Kaproff, Margareth Aue, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Eddie Gilbert (tuba/b); Mike Rubin, Peter Mercurio (b); Mel Lewis (d); Frank Flynn (cym/mallets); Emil Richards (tymp); Nelson Riddle (arr). [3]

Charts

Chart (1962)Peak
position
Italian Albums (HitParadeItalia) [4] 1

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References

  1. ↑ Sinatra and Swingin' Brass at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  3. ↑ Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography. ISBN   978-0274963768.
  4. ↑ "HitParadeItalia - Top Album N.44 del 3 Novembre 1962" (in Italian). HitParadeItalia.
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