The Essential Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
byFrank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
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- Date Released: October 4, 2005
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Bluebird/Legacy
- Copyright: Originally Recorded 1940, 1941, 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
A young legend's early recordings
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We Say...
Quiet as this secret is kept, Frank Sinatra was a major artist and a revolutionizing force in American music well before he was a star. While still a sideman with Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra (an organization he described as "The General Motors of the band business" — back when that was a compliment), Sinatra was already transforming the art of popular singing. As early as "Say It" and "Polka Dots and Moonbeams," from one of the singer's earliest dates with Dorsey, you can already hear him applying the long-breath technique that the young singer famously learned from Dorsey's trombone phrasing. All the blockbuster hits are here, from the intimate group harmonies of Sinatra and the Pied Pipers vocal group on "I'll Never Smile Again" and "Stardust," to such early examples of Sinatra's miraculous swinging style as "East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)" (with its classic Bunny Berigan solo) and "Blue Skies." Any number of Dorsey items later became Sinatra signatures — "Everything Happens to Me," "Violets for Your Furs," and "Oh! Look at Me Now" — and it's especially rewarding to listen to the original performances on this beautiful-sounding double CD set.
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They Say...
At the beginning of his career, Frank Sinatra already possessed a large number of the qualities that would make him one of the music powerhouses of the century. His elegance, his warmth, his relaxed yet controlled performing persona, his gift of conveying innumerable subtleties even while singing a song straight -- all of these were apparent in the early '40s, before he began appearing under a solo billing. The Essential Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra doesn't include his first recording, which came in July 1939 with Harry James, but it does feature two full discs of his early material, previously available on CD via a parade of spotty single-disc collections or the mammoth RCA title The Song Is You, a five-disc box set for completists only. Some critics think that Tommy Dorsey is responsible for Sinatra's early vocal style -- Dorsey's lyrical, flowing trombone indeed had much in common with Sinatra's singing -- but a far more plausible explanation is that the bandleader appreciated a similar approach to music-making. (After all, Sinatra's early style was nearly intact even before joining Dorsey.) The rewards of their collaboration are evident on this compilation, which include a monster hit from 1940 in "I'll Never Smile Again" as well as many more Hit Parade entries from 1940-1942: "Our Love," "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me," "Stardust," "Oh! Look at Me Now," and "Dolores." Sinatra fans who already have extensive representation of his Capitol, Reprise, and Columbia periods will want to add this to their collection.
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23 Total Tracks, 72:15 Total Length
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Credits
- Sy Oliver - Arranger // Sy Oliver - Arranger // Heine Beau - Arranger // Nancy Sinatra - Liner Notes // Nancy Sinatra - Liner Notes // Steven Berkowitz - A&R // Didier C. Deutsch - Compilation Producer // Axel Stordahl - Arranger // Axel Stordahl - Conductor // Paul Weston - Arranger // Mark Wilder - Mastering // Mark Wilder - Compilation Producer // Howard Fritzson - Art Direction // Charles Granata - Liner Notes // Charles Granata - Compilation Producer // Charles Granata - Project Director // Patti Matheny - A&R // Andreas Meyer - Digital Restoration // Lily Lew - Packaging Manager // Darren Salmieri - A&R // Woody Pornpitaksuk - Mastering // Liz Reilly - Photo Research // Detchapat Arttasan - Art Direction // Detchapat Arttasan - Design // Nathan Sedlander - Project Director // Freddie Stulee - Arranger
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Composers
Sy Oliver // Paul Weston // Axel Stordahl // Fred Stulce // Heinie Beau -
Performers
Joe Bushkin played Piano // Tommy Dorsey played Trombone // Buddy Rich played Drums // Bunny Berigan played Trumpet // Frank Sinatra // Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra // SKITCH HENDERSON played Piano // Johnny Mince played Saxophone // George Boehm played Bass (Vocal) // The Pied Pipers // Ziggy Elman played Trumpet // Paul Mason played Saxophone // Milton Raskin played Piano // Hymie Schertzer played Saxophone // Ray Linn played Trumpet // Les Jenkins played Trombone // Leonard Posner played Violin // Shorty Sherock played Trumpet // Lowell Martin played Trombone // Bernard Tinterow played Violin // Nick Pisani played Violin // Jack Kelleher played Bass (Vocal) // Jimmy Zito played Trumpet // Don Lodice played Trumpet // Manny Gershman played Saxophone // Fred Stulce played Saxophone // Lee Castle played Trumpet // Harry Bluestone played Violin // Mischa Russell played Violin // George Arus played Trombone // Heinie Beau played Saxophone // Bob Alexy played Trumpet // Jimmy Blake played Trumpet // Al Stearns played Trumpet // Clark Yocum played Guitar // Bill Shine played Saxophone // Heine Beau played Saxophone // Dave Jacobs played Trombone // Walter Mercurio played Trombone // Sid Weiss played Bass (Vocal) // Sam Freed, Jr. played Violin // Jimmy Skiles played Trombone // Bruce Snyder played Saxophone // Harry Schuchman played Sax (Alto) // Leon Debrow played Trumpet // Hank Stern played Bass (Vocal) // Chuck Peterson played Trumpet // Clyde Hurley played Trumpet // Johnny Mintz played Clarinet // John Dillard played Trumpet // Irving Raymond played Violin // Phil Stevens played Bass (Vocal) // Al Beller played Violin // William Ehrenkranz played Violin // Leonard Atkins played Violin // Sam Ross played Violin -
Other Details
- Instruments:
- Clarinet //
- Guitar //
- Piano //
- Trombone //
- Trumpet //
- Violin //
- Bass (Vocal) //
- Drums //
- Saxophone //
- Sax (Alto) //
- Sax (Tenor)
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