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Released
  
1956

Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color (1956)
  
The Man I Love (1957)

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Capitol Records

Length
  
43:59

Artist
  
Frank Sinatra

Producer
  
Voyle Gil

Genres
  
Jazz, Easy listening

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Recorded
  
February 22 - March 15, 1956

Similar
  
Frank Sinatra albums, Jazz albums

Victor young white 1956


Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color is a 1956 album of tone poems composed by eight notable mid-20th century Hollywood arrangers, with each composition inspired by the poetry of Norman Sickel.

Contents

As well as being conducted by Sinatra this album marked the first musical collaboration between Sinatra and Gordon Jenkins.

A chapter discussing the album, "The Colors of Ava: Tone Poems of Color and the Painful Measure of Sinatra's Passions," appears in A Storied Singer: Frank Sinatra as Literary Conceit (Greenwood Press, 2002) by Gilbert L. Gigliotti.

Track listing

  1. "White" (Victor Young) – 4:14
  2. "Green" (Gordon Jenkins) – 4:05
  3. "Purple" (Billy May) – 4:21
  4. "Yellow" (Jeff Alexander) – 2:38
  5. "Gray" (Alec Wilder) – 4:29
  6. "Gold" (Nelson Riddle) – 3:36
  7. "Orange" (Nelson Riddle) – 4:57
  8. "Black" (Victor Young) – 3:58
  9. "Silver" (Elmer Bernstein) – 4:38
  10. "Blue" (Alec Wilder) – 4:38
  11. "Brown" (Jeff Alexander) – 4:01
  12. "Red" (André Previn) – 3:57

Recording Dates

  • Tracks 1, 7, 8 & 11 were recorded February 22, 1956.
  • Tracks 9 & 12 were recorded February 28, 1956.
  • Tracks 2, 4, 5 & 10 were recorded March 07, 1956.
  • Tracks 3 & 6 were recorded March 15, 1956.
  • All Tracks recorded & engineered by John Palladino.

    • Personnel

  • Frank Sinatra - Conductor

    • Songs

    1White4:14
    2Green4:05
    3Purple4:21

    References

    Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color Wikipedia
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