Celebrating Sinatra

Celebrating Sinatra
Studio album by
Joe Lovano
Released1996
RecordedJune 2 and 3, 1996
StudioClinton Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length1:08:58
LabelBlue Note CDP 7243 8 37718 2 0
ProducerJoe Lovano
Joe Lovano chronology
Ten Tales
(1994) 		Celebrating Sinatra
(1996) 		Tenor Time
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Tom HullB+[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
Uncut[5]

Celebrating Sinatra is a 1996 studio album by American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano released by the Blue Note label.[6][7][8] Lovano leads a fifteen-piece ensemble playing some of Sinatra's most famous songs.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'll Never Smile Again"Ruth Lowe5:11
2."Chicago"Fred Fisher3:58
3."I'm a Fool to Want You"Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf4:30
4."Imagination"Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen6:55
5."I've Got the World on a String"Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler4:18
6."All the Way"Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen5:32
7."South of the Border"Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy5:18
8."In Other Words"Bart Howard3:53
9."I've Got You Under My Skin"Cole Porter4:18
10."This Love of Mine"Hank Sanicola, Sol Parker, Frank Sinatra7:19
11."Someone to Watch over Me"George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin5:00
12."One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)"Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer4:00
13."The Song Is You"Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern8:46
Total length:01:08:58

Personnel

  • Joe Lovano – producer, tenor saxophone
  • George Mraz – bass (tracks: 1, 3 to 13)
  • Michael Rabinowitz – bassoon (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
  • Erik Friedlander – cello (tracks: 1 3 5 6 8 9 11 12)
  • Manny Albam – conductor (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
  • Al Foster – drums
  • John Clark – French horn (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
  • Emily Mitchell – harp (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
  • Kenny Werner – piano (tracks: 1, 3 to 6, 8 to 13)
  • Billy Drewes – soprano saxophone, clarinet (bass) (tracks: 1 3 5 6 8 9 12)
  • Ted Nash – tenor saxophone, clarinet (tracks: 1 3 5 6 8 9 11 12)
  • Dick Oatts – tenor saxophone, flute (tracks: 1 3 5 6 8 9 11)
  • Tom Christensen – tenor saxophone, oboe, English horn (tracks: 1 3 5 6 8 9 11 12)
  • Lois Martin – viola (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
  • Mark Feldman – violin (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
  • Sara Parkins – violin (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
  • Judi Silvano – vocals (soprano) (tracks: 1 3 5 6 8 9 11 12)
  • James Farber – engineer

References

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Joe Lovano: Celebrating Sinatra". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 3334. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joe Lovano". Tom Hull. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 909. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Carr, Roy (June 1997). "Joe Lovano: Celebrating Sinatra/Chick Corea & Friends: Remembering Bud Powell". Uncut. No. 1. p. 103.
  6. ^ SANTELLA, JIM (June 1, 1997). "Joe Lovano: Celebrating Sinatra". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Joe Lovano – Celebrating Sinatra". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  8. ^ Bennett, Bill (April 1997). "Joe Lovano: Celebrating Sinatra: Blue Note Records". Jazz Times. jazztimes.com. Retrieved 10 January 2017.