Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Sinatra Matters
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| 66 The Last Dance | 21 oct. 2024 | 00:05:07 | |
All good things come to an end and this is “The Last Dance” for my Sinatra Matters podcast. But I’m beginning a new adventure on Substack – “Sinatra Matters and More.” I’ll be writing, about Frank Sinatra and offering my personal, sometimes idiosyncratic, interpretations of musicians, favorite singers, songs, albums and classic jazz. I’ll be including a YouTube link to the songs. Substack. “Sinatra Matters & More.” Join me. Subscribe to be notified of new posts. It’s free. https://michaelfenenbock.substack.com/ Well, that’s it for now. I do hope that you’ll come along for the ride. Until then. Michael | |||
| 65 Autumn in New York | 21 sept. 2024 | 00:14:08 | |
Right now it’s Autumn in New York, and so from the 1958 album Come Fly With Me, here is Frank Sinatra’s rendition of the Vernon Duke classic. Arranged and conducted by Billy May. Credits: | |||
| 64 How Insensitive | 30 août 2024 | 00:14:42 | |
Sinatra and Jobim. Here is Sinatra’s delivery of Jobim’s beautiful and moving How Insensitive. From the 1967 album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, with Norman Gimbel’s English lyrics. Arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman. Credits: | |||
| 63 Night and Day | 13 août 2024 | 00:13:39 | |
Frank Sinatra’s wonderful ballad rendition of Cole Porter’s Night and Day. From the 1962 album Sinatra and Strings. Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com | |||
| 60 Brazil | 14 juin 2024 | 00:15:19 | |
Sinatra and Billy May swing the Latin classic Brazil. From the 1958 album, Come Fly With Me, here is Ary Barroso’s hugely popular Samba Brazil . . . with English lyrics by Bob Russell. Credits: | |||
| 59 I'll Be Around | 28 mai 2024 | 00:15:25 | |
A classic lost love ballad. From the 1955 album In the Wee Small Hours, Sinatra sings Alec Wilder’s I’ll Be Around. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss | |||
| 58 All or Nothing at All | 10 mai 2024 | 00:13:13 | |
Raucous Big Band jazz. Sinatra swings All or Nothing at All. From the 1966 album Strangers in the Night, here’s the Arthur Altman/Jack Lawrence standard. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss | |||
| 57 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | 19 avr. 2024 | 00:17:33 | |
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. Sinatra in London. From the 1962 album Frank Sinatra Sings Great Songs of Great Britain, here is the Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin classic. Arranged and conducted by Robert Farnon. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss | |||
| 56 Summer Wind | 05 avr. 2024 | 00:14:25 | |
Arranged and conducted by the incomparable Nelson Riddle, from the 1966 album titled Strangers in the Night, here is Sinatra and Summer Wind. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss | |||
| 55 New York, New York | 19 mars 2024 | 00:16:12 | |
New York, New York. Here is Frank Sinatra’s iconic classic. From the 1980 album, Trilogy, John Kander and Fred Ebb’s Theme from New York, New York. Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss | |||
| 51 Moonlight Becomes You | 22 janv. 2024 | 00:15:33 | |
Frank Sinatra’s salute to Bing Crosby. From the 1965 album Moonlight Sinatra, here is Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke’s Moonlight Becomes You. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: | |||
| 50 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You | 28 déc. 2023 | 00:16:29 | |
Frank Sinatra’s tribute to Tommy Dorsey. From his 1961 album I Remember Tommy, here is George Bassman and Ned Washington’s I'm Getting Sentimental Over You. Arranged and conducted by Sy Oliver. Credits: | |||
| 49 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | 03 déc. 2023 | 00:12:23 | |
Here is the definitive recording of the Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Christmas classic Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas from the 1957 album A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra. Arranged and conducted by GordonJenkins. Credits: | |||
| 48 Dream Dancing | 12 nov. 2023 | 00:12:04 | |
A song Sinatra did not record . . . but one that he might have embraced, Cole Porter’s Dream Dancing. Here is the wonderfully talented Rebecca Luker from her 1996 album “Anything Goes - Rebecca Luker Sings Cole Porter.” Arranged by Larry Moore and conducted by Patrick Brady. Credits: | |||
| 47 Nice 'n' Easy | 28 oct. 2023 | 00:15:18 | |
A Sinatra classic, from the 1960 album of the same name, here is Lew Spence and Marilyn and Alan Bergman’s Nice 'n' Easy. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: | |||
| 46 P.S. I Love You | 23 sept. 2023 | 00:16:49 | |
Sinatra’s poignant 1956 recording of P.S. I Love You. From the album Close to You, here is GordonJenkins and Johnny Mercer’s classic romantic ballad. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss | |||
| 45 I Concentrate on You | 09 sept. 2023 | 00:14:33 | |
Frank Sinatra’s mastery of tempo. From the 1961 album Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! here is Cole Porter’s I Concentrate on You. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: | |||
| 44 Send In the Clowns | 26 août 2023 | 00:15:52 | |
Frank Sinatra’s extraordinary performance of Send In the Clowns. Recorded in 1976, here is the Stephen Sondheim classic. Credits: | |||
| 43 The Song is You | 12 août 2023 | 00:10:21 | |
Sinatra swings! Arranged by Billy May, here is The Song is You from Frank Sinatra’s 1959 album Come Dance With Me. Credits: | |||
| 42 Dancing In the Dark | 29 juil. 2023 | 00:13:37 | |
An update about the podcast. And a raucous Sinatra swinger. From the 1959 album Come Dance With Me, here is Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz’s Dancing in the Dark. Arranged and conducted by Billy May. Credits: | |||
| 39 Memories of You | 18 juin 2023 | 00:15:38 | |
Sinatra’s mastery of legato phrasing. From the 1962 album Point of No Return, this is Eubie Blake and Andy Razaf’s Memories of You. Arranged by Heinie Beau and conducted by Axel Stordahl. Credits: | |||
| 38 Call Me Irresponsible | 03 juin 2023 | 00:14:40 | |
From the 1963 album Sinatra's Sinatra, here is Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn's Call Me Irresponsible. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: | |||
| 37 I've Got The World On A String | 20 mai 2023 | 00:11:35 | |
Sinatra’s epic comeback. From 1953, this is Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler’s I’ve Got the World on a String. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:
Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss | |||
| 32 Don't Worry 'Bout Me | 04 mars 2023 | 00:14:32 | |
Don't Worry 'bout Me. Here is Frank Sinatra’s marvelous 1953 recording of the Rube Bloom and Ted Koehler classic. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: | |||
| 31 I'll Be Seeing You | 17 févr. 2023 | 00:15:36 | |
From his 1961 album Point Of No Return, here is Frank Sinatra’s poignant wartime ballad -- Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal’s I’ll Be Seeing You. Arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl. | |||
| 30 A Cottage for Sale | 06 févr. 2023 | 00:12:04 | |
From the 1959 album No One Cares, here is Willard Robison and Larry Conley’s A Cottage for Sale. Arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: | |||
| 28 Lonely Town | 06 janv. 2023 | 00:14:21 | |
Arguably Frank Sinatra’s finest recording . . . from his 1957 album Where Are You?, here is the Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green and Betty Comden classic, Lonely Town. Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: | |||
| 27 Sinatra Conducts the Orchestra for Miss Peggy Lee | 16 déc. 2022 | 00:11:42 | |
Here is Miss Peggy Lee’s definitive recording of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s often underappreciated classic, The Folks Who Live On the Hill. Arranged by Nelson Riddle. Conducted by Frank Sinatra. Credits: | |||
| 26 Stardust | 02 déc. 2022 | 00:13:47 | |
Sinatra’s poignant reading of this wonderful classic remains one of his most profound recordings. From his 1961 album Sinatra and Strings, here is Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish’s Stardust. Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: | |||
| 24 I Won't Dance | 28 oct. 2022 | 00:13:40 | |
A Great American Songbook classic. From Frank Sinatra’s 1956 album A Swingin' Affair!, here is Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields' I Won’t Dance. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: | |||
| 23 Moonlight Serenade | 14 oct. 2022 | 00:14:10 | |
For the Greatest Generation, no other song could match Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade. From Frank Sinatra's 1956 album Moonlight Sinatra, here is his definitive recording of this iconic song. Lyrics by Mitchell Parish. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: | |||
| 22 Let's Fall in Love | 30 sept. 2022 | 00:11:34 | |
Unleashed musical imagination from Frank Sinatra. Here is Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler’s Let’s Fall in Love from Sinatra’s 1961 album Ring-a-Ding-Ding!. Arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel. Credits: | |||
| 20 The Lady is a Tramp | 02 sept. 2022 | 00:11:47 | |
From his 1957 album A Swingin’ Affair, here is Frank Sinatra’s classic recording of The Lady is a Tramp. Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: | |||
| 19 The Girl from Ipanema | 14 août 2022 | 00:14:41 | |
Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim – Bossa Nova. A magical collaboration. From the 1967 album, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, here is The Girl from Ipanema. Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes , English lyrics by Norman Gimbel. Arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman. Credits: | |||
| 18 When No One Cares | 29 juil. 2022 | 00:09:39 | |
This is what all the fuss is about . . . here is Frank Sinatra at his ballad singing best. From the 1959 album No One Cares, Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Kahn’s classic torch song, When No One Cares. Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: | |||
| 17 My Heart Stood Still | 08 juil. 2022 | 00:12:04 | |
Frank Sinatra's definitive recording of Rodgers & Hart's My Heart Stood Still . . . the ultimate love at first sight hymn. From the 1963 album The Concert Sinatra. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: | |||
| 16 Sinatra and Ella | 24 juin 2022 | 00:09:11 | |
Honoring Ella Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Song, with a spotlight on her interpretation of Frank Sinatra's hallmark song, All of Me. Recorded in 1962. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. | |||
| 15 I Can't Get Started | 11 juin 2022 | 00:13:14 | |
This is what all the fuss is about. From Frank Sinatra’s 1959 album No One Cares, here is Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin’s I Can’t Get Started. Arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: | |||
| 14 From This Moment On | 27 mai 2022 | 00:11:18 | |
From Frank Sinatra's 1957 album A Swingin' Affair!, here is Cole Porter’s From This Moment On. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss | |||
| 13 What's New? | 14 mai 2022 | 00:13:34 | |
A classic Sinatra torch song, from the 1958 album Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, here is Bob Haggart and Johnny Burke’s What’s New?. Arranged by Nelson Riddle. Credits: | |||
| 11 Celebrating Johnny Mercer | 09 avr. 2022 | 00:08:34 | |
A song I wish Frank Sinatra had recorded . . . but we do have Tony Bennett. Here is Johnny Mercer’s I Remember You from Tony Bennett’s 2004 Grammy Award winning album, The Art of Romance. With a wonderful Johnny Mandel arrangement. Credits: | |||
| 07 I'll See You Again | 04 févr. 2022 | 00:08:38 | |
From Frank Sinatra’s 1962 album Point of No Return, Noel Coward’s I’ll See You Again. Arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl. Credits: | |||
| 05 I'm a Fool to Want You | 07 janv. 2022 | 00:11:42 | |
From Frank Sinatra’s 1957 album Where Are You?, here is I’m a Fool to Want You. Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss | |||
| 03 That Old Feeling | 04 déc. 2021 | 00:08:49 | |
From Frank Sinatra’s 1960 album Nice ‘N’ Easy, here is Sammy Fain and Lew Brown’s That Old Feeling. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss | |||
| 02 It Could Happen to You | 20 nov. 2021 | 00:09:40 | |
From Frank Sinatra’s1956 album Close to You, here is the definitive recording of Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke’s It Could Happen to You. With the Hollywood String Quartet. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss
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| 01 The Way You Look Tonight | 19 nov. 2021 | 00:10:06 | |
From 1964, Frank Sinatra's definitive recording of Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields' The Way You Look Tonight. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com | |||