Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - The Essential Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (2CD)
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Artist: Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey OrchestraEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2005-10-04
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- I'll Be Seeing You
- Say It
- Polka Dots And Moonbeams
- Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
- Imagination
- You're Lonely And I'm Lonely
- East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
- It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow
- I'll Never Smile Again
- All This And Heaven Too
- Trade Winds
- The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
- The Call Of The Canyon
- Love Lies
- I Could Make You Care
- Our Love Affair
- We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, And Me)
- Stardust
- Oh! Look At Me Now
- You Might Have Belonged To Another
- It's Always You
- I Tried
- Dolores
- Do I Worry?
- Everything Happens To Me
- This Love Of Mine
- I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest
- You And I
- Blue Skies
- I Think Of You
- Violets With Your Furs
- How About You?
- The Night We Called It A Day
- The Song Is You
- I'll Take Tallulah
- The Last Call For Love
- Just As Though You Were Here
- Street Of Dreams
- Take Me
- Be Careful It's My Heart
- In The Blue Of Evening
- There Are Such Things
- Daybreak
- Light A Candle In The Chapel
Free Music Notes for The Essential Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (2CD)
Free Music Review: "The Music Is Sweet . . . The Words Are True . . . The Song Is You"
Hit: 5 Stars
"As you enjoy these recordings, remember that there were no retakes, no overdubs and no special effects. What you hear is what happened on the spot. As live performances, they offer us combined lessons in music and history. Like the photos that Dad sent back from the road, they're snapshots of a man working hard to fulfill his dream of becoming the greatest singer of all-time." ~ Nancy Sinatra, July 2005 ~
"Why are these recordings essential? First, they possess a charm that's rooted in the old-fashioned sound of their arrangements, the brilliance of their performances and the warm optimism they communicated during the early days of the Second World War. Then, they're crucial to understanding the development of the Big Band idiom, and to tracing the origins of an artist who for fifty years shaped, reshaped and ultimately defined the essence of American popular music. Need there be a better reason to listen?" ~ Charles Granata ~
Indeed, and I totally agree with Nancy Sinatra that her Dad reached the pinnacle of his dream and probably far exceeded his expectations. He was above par and truly one-of-a-kind singer. Every Sinatra fan knows that he left his first mentor, Harry James, to join Tommy Dorsey's band for monetary reasons. And the rest is history. His rise to stardom was unprecedented and his extraordinary artistry is incredible.
Having influenced greatly by my late father's taste in music, I've grown to love the sound of Big Band music and this 2-CD-set is nothing but the best Big Band vocal collection of 44 Sinatra/Dorsey classics of all-time and produced by Charles Granata, author of "Sessions With Sinatra: The Art of Recording." His co-producers on this wonderful compilation are Didier Deutsch and Mark Wilder. Aside from the tastefully-chosen repertoire, this set offers a comprehensive source of information in the early days of Frank Sinatra's musical career on Liner Notes written by Nancy Sinatra and Charles Granata.
This fascinating set consists of forty-four songs with arrangements mostly by Axel Stordahl, some by Sy Oliver and Paul Weston. You'll be delighted with the nostalgic sounds that these songs convey to the listeners from the first track on Disc One "I'll Be Seeing You" to the last track on Disc Two "Light A Candle In The Chapel."
My personal choices on Disc One are "Say It" (Over and over again, ever and ever so sweet, just like an old Valentine), perennial favorites "I'll Be Seeing You," "Polka Dots And Moonbeams," "Fools Rush In," "East of the Sun and West of the Moon," "It's Always You" and the ultimate love song of all-time, "Stardust," which features Jo Stafford as the female vocalist of The Pied Pipers. On Disc Two my top favorites are "I Think of You," a song adapted from the melody of a beautiful classical piece, Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 2," "Blue Skies," "How About You?" and my number one choice from Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II "The Song Is You," with partial lyrics here.
"I alone have heard this lovely strain
I alone have heard this glad refrain
Must it be forever inside of me?
Why can't I let it go?
Why can't I let you know
The song my heart would sing?
That beautiful rhapsody
Of love and youth and spring
The music is sweet
The words are true
The song is you."
This 2-CD-set is one of the best compilations ever produced and included in some of my most-cherished CDs of all-time. Give it a listen and have a sentimental journey to the Big Band Era and experience the young, affectionate, delicate vocals of Frank Sinatra and the great sound of Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra.
With my heartfelt recommendation to any Sinatra buff.
P.S. Thanks so kindly, Mr. Granata, for this wonderful set of compilation CDs. It's much appreciated!
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