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A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra

FieldValue
nameA Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra
typestudio
artistOscar Peterson
coverjazzportraitsinatra.jpg
released1959
recordedMay 18, 1959
genreJazz
length34:43
labelVerve
producerNorman Granz
prev_titleSonny Stitt Sits In with the Oscar Peterson Trio
prev_year1958
next_titleThe Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson
next_year1959

A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra is a 1959 album by the Oscar Peterson trio, recorded in tribute to singer Frank Sinatra.

Reception

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

References

References

  1. Yahow, Scott. "''A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra'' > Review".
  2. (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
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