Frank Sinatra - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
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Free Music Review: 2 Greats Together
Hit: 5 Stars
Sinatra and Jobim blend together so well it's scary!
All the Bossa Nova classics are here and Frank does a smooth job with all of them.
A great CD for Sinatra fans and all music fans!
Free Music Review: Back to the roots of it all.....
Hit: 5 Stars
This record was one of my favorites as a little kid and is still a vivid component of my memories of childhood and a cd I now consider the essential roots of my taste in music. I still remember listening and swaying with the delicious rhythms of this magnificent music. I grew up thinking this was average music. Grown up I know it is spectacular music. Orchestrations arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman and sweet, soft and gentle vocals by Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
This is as good as it will ever get for me.
Free Music Review: Great duet!
Hit: 4 Stars
On this album Sinatra recorded bossa nova and brazilian jazz songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim, brazilian jazz king, who is featured here on guitar and backing vocals. Only three songs that are not written by Jobim are Change Partners (written by Irving Berlin), I Concentrate On You (written by Cole Porter) and Baubles, Bangles and Beads (written by Forrest and Wright) Very quiet album, arrangements were done by Claus Ogerman. This is probably one of his best albums from the sixties.Free Music Review: A Classic of its Time
Hit: 4 Stars
The combination of a genius Brazilian composer/musician, a Hoboken New Jersey boy at the peak of his vocal talent, and a German orchestrator/conductor (the brilliant Claus Ogerman) makes this album one of the greatest releases of the 1960's. Even the album cover notes are so cleverly written, you will feel as though you were a part of these amazing session recordings (the air filled with the smoke of Sinatra's Chesterfield cigarettes, etc...)The only disaster is that the original vinyl release on Sinatra's own Reprise label had the very best track left off of this CD re-master. It is Jobim's magnificent "Solitude" arranged with Claus Ogerman's trademark flute section countermelodies to the lyric. Omitting this track is a great shame and the only point that lowers my rating to 4 stars of what is otherwise an essential addition to any Brazlian collection.
Free Music Review: One of a kind
Hit: 4 Stars
The combination of these two greats might at first listen seem an odd pairing but after a few listens the true greatness comes through. The soft, elegant phrasing of Sinatra gives way on occasion to Brazilian Jobim and a quite storm is unleashed . The orchestration by GermanClaus Ogerman is lush , muted and much like a soft light rain on a Spring morning that doesn't disrupt but creates harmony. The constant strumming on guitar by Jobin strings the melodies softly together, weaving in harmony with Sinatra's toned down vocals to create a disc for the ages. It is about as mellow as you will ever hear Francis Albert Sinatra. The relaxed, restrained vocals are like a husky whisper . Of particualr interest is the treatment given the classic song "The Girl From Ipanema." Beginning with Jobim's introducing the song on his guitar and Sinatra's emotional phrasing the song takes wings. When Jobim enters to duet with Sinatra it is a mixing of Portuguese and English for a bilingual treat beyod the oridinary. Great stuff results and the formula is repeated three more times. The duet formula on "How Insensitive" (Insensatez) is used as Sinatra mournfully sings about his own shortcomings that results in a love affair being over before turning over to Carlos Jobim's soft renderings. The Cole Porter penned "I Concentrate on You " features Sinatra taking the lead on vocals with only minimum support from Jobim. "Baubles, Bangles and Beads " begins with Jobim starting the song with a jazzy vocal introduction giving way to Sinatra only to return at songs end for more jazzy vocals as the song fades. This is one of those discs that requires little attenion as the soft music just flows right through you. Overall it is an interesting disc, especially beacause of the Brazilian influence and the muted Sinatra vocals. Personally I would have liked to hear more of Jobim on vocals, in true duet style like on the opening track but nonetheless it is a nice change of pace disc. Recommended for Sinatra fans mostly.