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Track Listings
| 1. The Girl From Ipanema |
| 2. Dindi |
| 3. Change Partners |
| 4. Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) |
| 5. Meditation (Meditação) |
| 6. If You Never Come To Me (Inútil Paisagen) |
| 7. How Insensitive (Insensatez) |
| 8. I Concentrate On You |
| 9. Baubles, Bangles And Beads |
| 10. Once I Loved (O Amor Em Paz) |
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
no ring a ding here,no brass to speak of.sinatra plays this laid back and cool.he caress's the words ,as only he could and blends them into jobims mellow form of bossa nova .a perfect match you almost feel your walking on a beach as the sun goes down.a goody
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I purchased this album because the author (and Sinatra aficionado) Pete Hamill claimed in his book "Why Sinatra Matters" that it was one of Sinatra's best. Nevertheless I was skeptical because quite often a record producer or performer will get the idea that creating a `super group' or pairing two very talented musicians will create a record that is even greater than the sum of its parts. That usually doesn't happen. The usual result is one in which each `diva' takes a turn showcasing his or her talents. "Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim" is a rare and very pleasant exception. Although not a 50-50 blend, this album really showcases Sinatra performing the great Jobim's music, the result is virtually flawless.
Sinatra & Jobim was released during the height of Brasil's bossa nova invasion. Performers such as Jobim, Joao Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto, enjoyed tremendous influence on U.S. pop music and jazz. Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, Ella Fitzgerald and others all absorbed or collaborated in the bossa nova boom. This album and the later "Sinatra and Company" mark Sinatra's footprint in the bossa nova genre.
The CD opens with an excellent cover of The Girl from Ipanema with Sinatra taking verses in English and Jobim in Portuguese. As others have noted, Sinatra's voice is quiet to the point of whispering. Those used to swing era Sinatra and his other full throttle vocals may find is quiet, spare renditions different to say the least. It happens to work in the context of this and other tracks such as Dindi, Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars and Meditation. Sinatra always had a great feel for interpreting a song and I think his approach to Jobim's songs is dead solid perfect. Similarly, the three non-Jobim songs arranged by the very talented Claus Ogerman, "Change Partners", "I Concentrate on You", and "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", fit in nicely with Jobim's in terms of the mood and the music.
All in all this is an excellent CD and is one that I often turn to when I want music to whisper to me instead of shout. Highly recommended.
Sinatra & Jobim was released during the height of Brasil's bossa nova invasion. Performers such as Jobim, Joao Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto, enjoyed tremendous influence on U.S. pop music and jazz. Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, Ella Fitzgerald and others all absorbed or collaborated in the bossa nova boom. This album and the later "Sinatra and Company" mark Sinatra's footprint in the bossa nova genre.
The CD opens with an excellent cover of The Girl from Ipanema with Sinatra taking verses in English and Jobim in Portuguese. As others have noted, Sinatra's voice is quiet to the point of whispering. Those used to swing era Sinatra and his other full throttle vocals may find is quiet, spare renditions different to say the least. It happens to work in the context of this and other tracks such as Dindi, Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars and Meditation. Sinatra always had a great feel for interpreting a song and I think his approach to Jobim's songs is dead solid perfect. Similarly, the three non-Jobim songs arranged by the very talented Claus Ogerman, "Change Partners", "I Concentrate on You", and "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", fit in nicely with Jobim's in terms of the mood and the music.
All in all this is an excellent CD and is one that I often turn to when I want music to whisper to me instead of shout. Highly recommended.
Format:Audio CD
This album, arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman, was released in 1967 on the Reprise label the year after Vic Damone's Stay With Me. Both are made up largely but not entirely of Jobim numbers, but both are bossa nova arrangements. Here, as well as Dindi, Quiet nights of quiet stars, Meditation, How insensitive, If you never come to me and Once I loved (all by Jobim) we have Berlin's Change partners, Porter's I concentrate on you and the Wright & Forrest number from Kismet, Baubles, bangles and beads. Much as Sinatra does a great job on all of them, it would have been nice to have had a themed album entirely of Jobim. But, with such fine renditions, we shouldn't quibble. Recommended.
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