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A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra

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Released
  
1959

Length
  
34:43

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
May 18, 1959

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Verve Records

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A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra is a 1959 album by The Oscar Peterson trio, recorded in tribute to singer Frank Sinatra by interpreting songs associated with Sinatra.

Contents

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, critic Scott Yanow wrote "This is not one of Oscar Peterson's most essential dates, but it is swinging and enjoyable."

Track listing

  1. "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) – 2:40
  2. "Come Dance with Me" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:22
  3. "Learnin' the Blues" (Dolores Vicki Silvers) – 3:41
  4. "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 3:12
  5. "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:44
  6. "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" (Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:57
  7. "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Styne) – 1:53
  8. "It Happened in Monterey" (Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne) – 2:57
  9. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 3:03
  10. "All of Me" (Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks) – 3:25
  11. "The Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown) – 2:38
  12. "How About You?" (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane) – 3:11

Personnel

  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Ed Thigpen – drums
  • Songs

    1You Make Me Feel So YoungThe Oscar Peterson Trio2:40
    2Come Dance With MeThe Oscar Peterson Trio2:23
    3Learnin' the BluesThe Oscar Peterson Trio3:41

    References

    A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra Wikipedia