Sinatra Matters

All good things come to an end and this is “The Last Dance” for my Sinatra Matters podcast. But I’m beginning a new adventure on Substack – “Sinatra Matters and More.” I’ll be writing, about Frank Sinatra and offering my personal, sometimes idiosyncratic, interpretations of musicians, favorite singers, songs, albums and classic jazz. I’ll be including a YouTube link to the songs. Substack. “Sinatra Matters & More.” Join me. Subscribe to be notified of new posts.  It’s free. https://michaelfenenbock.substack.com/ Well, that’s it for now. I do hope that you’ll come along for the ride.  Until then. Michael

Right now it’s Autumn in New York, and so from the 1958 album Come Fly With Me, here is Frank Sinatra’s rendition of the Vernon Duke classic.  Arranged and conducted by Billy May.  Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Sinatra and Jobim.  Here is Sinatra’s delivery of Jobim’s beautiful and moving How Insensitive.  From the 1967 album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, with Norman Gimbel’s English lyrics.  Arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit ZangiSend comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Frank Sinatra’s wonderful ballad rendition of Cole Porter’s Night and Day.  From the 1962 album Sinatra and Strings. Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to ⁠sinatramatters@gmail.com

Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle. From the 1954 album Swing Easy, here is Cole Porter’s Just One of Those Things.  It just doesn’t get any better.  Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

From Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The King and I,” here is Frank Sinatra’s sublime 1951 recording of We Kiss in a Shadow.  Arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Sinatra and Billy May swing the Latin classic Brazil.  From the 1958 album, Come Fly With Me, here is Ary Barroso’s hugely popular Samba Brazil . . . with English lyrics by Bob Russell. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

A classic lost love ballad.  From the 1955 album In the Wee Small Hours, Sinatra sings Alec Wilder’s I’ll Be Around.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Raucous Big Band jazz. Sinatra swings All or Nothing at All.  From the 1966 album Strangers in the Night, here’s the Arthur Altman/Jack Lawrence standard.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.  Sinatra in London.  From the 1962 album Frank Sinatra Sings Great Songs of Great Britain, here is the Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin classic. Arranged and conducted by Robert Farnon. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Arranged and conducted by the incomparable Nelson Riddle, from the 1966 album titled Strangers in the Night, here is Sinatra and Summer Wind. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

New York, New York.  Here is Frank Sinatra’s iconic classic.  From the 1980 album, Trilogy, John Kander and Fred Ebb’s Theme from New York, New York.  Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Frank Sinatra’s salute to Bing Crosby. From the 1965 album Moonlight Sinatra, here is Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke’s Moonlight Becomes You. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Frank Sinatra’s tribute to Tommy Dorsey.  From his 1961 album I Remember Tommy, here is George Bassman and Ned Washington’s I'm Getting Sentimental Over You.  Arranged and conducted by Sy Oliver. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Here is the definitive recording of the Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Christmas classic Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas from the 1957 album A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra. Arranged and conducted by GordonJenkins. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

A song Sinatra did not record . . . but one that he might have embraced, Cole Porter’s Dream Dancing.  Here is the wonderfully talented Rebecca Luker from her 1996 album “Anything Goes - Rebecca Luker Sings Cole Porter.”  Arranged by Larry Moore and conducted by Patrick Brady. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

A Sinatra classic, from the 1960 album of the same name, here is Lew Spence and Marilyn and Alan Bergman’s Nice 'n' Easy. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Sinatra’s poignant 1956 recording of P.S.  I Love You.  From the album Close to You, here is GordonJenkins and Johnny Mercer’s classic romantic ballad.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Frank Sinatra’s mastery of tempo. From the 1961 album Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! here is Cole Porter’s I Concentrate on You.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

Frank Sinatra’s extraordinary performance of Send In the Clowns.  Recorded in 1976, here is the Stephen Sondheim  classic.  Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com