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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Critical response to this album has been lukewarm, at best, but it's hard to see why: this is a real firecracker, which finds the Voice and his fellow musicians on blistering form. Legend has it that Sinatra asked his arranger/conductor, Nelson Riddle, to up the tempo for all the tunes when they went into the studio to record. Whatever the truth, the effect is electrifying. Riddle's orchestra is really roaring throughout, and Sinatra never sounded more breezily commanding. Apart from a brief lull - for the melting ballad 'September in the Rain' - the pace never lets up.
Because it is so bracing (and therefore short, even with the addition of three more cracking tracks recorded at the same sessions), Swingin' Session certainly comes as a shock to the system for those accustomed to Sinatra's earlier swing albums with Riddle, "Songs for Swingin' Lovers" and "A Swingin' Affair," which are both much longer and more laid-back. But do we really all want nothing but clones or 'extensions' of Sinatra's earlier successes? I certainly don't. To me, the joy of this album is that it is so different in effect. It proves that Sinatra could swing hard and yet stay sophisticated.
Okay, so maybe "Swingin' Session" is an acquired taste; but the other way of looking at it is that it's connoisseur's stuff. It's also a whole lot of fun.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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My favourite Frank album by a long way. The title says is all - "Swingin Session".
Easy, relaxed, effortless singing over same backing from a great orchestra, coming on like a pre WW2 big band.
Probably the most purely 'jazz' album Sinatra ever did, with lively arrangements and really good horn charts, giving the whole album a consistancy of mood.
The mood being classy, up-beat and really fresh sounding even today, more than 50 years after it was recorded.
Not that you'd know it was that old as the remastering is pitch perfect.
Just a final word about the voice - warm and intimate, completly on top of and inside every song. Frank sounds like he really enjoyed himself on this one.
Word of warning though - watch your speed when you play this in the car, else before you know it your racing around an empty coastal road in the south of France - and then caught on speed camera in Birmingham!
Easy, relaxed, effortless singing over same backing from a great orchestra, coming on like a pre WW2 big band.
Probably the most purely 'jazz' album Sinatra ever did, with lively arrangements and really good horn charts, giving the whole album a consistancy of mood.
The mood being classy, up-beat and really fresh sounding even today, more than 50 years after it was recorded.
Not that you'd know it was that old as the remastering is pitch perfect.
Just a final word about the voice - warm and intimate, completly on top of and inside every song. Frank sounds like he really enjoyed himself on this one.
Word of warning though - watch your speed when you play this in the car, else before you know it your racing around an empty coastal road in the south of France - and then caught on speed camera in Birmingham!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a truly superb album which showcases Frank Sinatra's truly unique talent. My first experience of this album was as a child, playing the mono reel to reel issue (which I still have) endlessly. This album I feel made such an impression on me that when I discovered it to be available on CD, I simply had to have it. It arrived this morning, I played it and was immediately transported forty years into the past. Talk about goose bumps! If you like Frank Sinatra, buy this album - you will not be disappointed.
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the Capitol years
I bought this album in L.P. vinyl format in 1960. Frank was restless as he was eager to launch his own label but he had to complete four more albums for his Capitol contract. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Nicholas A. Gambardella
Swing on !
Although not as good as "Songs for swingin lovers" or "A Swingin affair" Sinatra's 3rd swing album with Nelson Riddle ( not counting "Swing easy" which was a mini LP) is still... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. Russell C. Witheyman
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