Celebrating Sinatra
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Celebrating Sinatra
| type = studio
| artist = Joe Lovano
| cover = Celebrating Sinatra - album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1997
| recorded = June 2–3, 1996
| venue =
| studio = Clinton Studios, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 01:08:58
| label = Blue Note CDP 7243 8 37718 2 0
| producer = Joe Lovano
| chronology = Joe Lovano
| prev_title = Ten Tales
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Tenor Time
| next_year = 1996
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=Joe Lovano: Celebrating Sinatra|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/celebrating-sinatra-mw0000084416|website=Allmusic|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=10 January 2017}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last1=Larkin|first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo05lark/page/3334/mode/2up|accessdate=25 March 2021 |page=3334|language=en}}
| rev3 = Tom Hull
| rev3score = B+{{cite web |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Joe Lovano |url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=Joe+Lovano | publisher=Tom Hull |accessdate=10 July 2020}}
|rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=909}}
| rev5 = Uncut
| rev5Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Carr |first=Roy |author-link=Roy Carr |date=June 1997 |title=Joe Lovano: Celebrating Sinatra/Chick Corea & Friends: Remembering Bud Powell |magazine=Uncut |page=103 |issue=1}}
}}
Celebrating Sinatra is a 1996 studio album by American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano released by the Blue Note label.{{cite web|last1=SANTELLA|first1=JIM|title=Joe Lovano: Celebrating Sinatra|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/celebrating-sinatra-joe-lovano-blue-note-records-review-by-jim-santella.php|website=All About Jazz|publisher=allaboutjazz.com|accessdate=10 January 2017|date=June 1, 1997}}{{cite web|title=Joe Lovano – Celebrating Sinatra|url=https://www.discogs.com/Joe-Lovano-Celebrating-Sinatra/release/2439747|website=Discogs|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=10 January 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Bennett|first1=Bill|title=Joe Lovano: Celebrating Sinatra: Blue Note Records|url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/9293-celebrating-sinatra-joe-lovano|website=Jazz Times|publisher=jazztimes.com|accessdate=10 January 2017|date=April 1997}} Lovano leads a fifteen-piece ensemble playing some of Sinatra's most famous songs.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| total_length = 01:08:58
| title1 = I'll Never Smile Again
| writer1 = Ruth Lowe
| length1 = 5:11
| title2 = Chicago
| writer2 = Fred Fisher
| length2 = 3:58
| title3 = I'm a Fool to Want You
| writer3 = Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf
| length3 = 4:30
| title4 = Imagination
| writer4 = Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen
| length4 = 6:55
| title5 = I've Got the World on a String
| writer5 = Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
| length5 = 4:18
| title6 = All the Way
| writer6 = Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen
| length6 = 5:32
| title7 = South of the Border
| writer7 = Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy
| length7 = 5:18
| title8 = In Other Words
| writer8 = Bart Howard
| length8 = 3:53
| title9 = I've Got You Under My Skin
| writer9 = Cole Porter
| length9 = 4:18
| title10 = This Love of Mine
| writer10 = Hank Sanicola, Sol Parker, Frank Sinatra
| length10 = 7:19
| title11 = Someone to Watch over Me
| writer11 = George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
| length11 = 5:00
| title12 = One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
| writer12 = Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
| length12 = 4:00
| title13 = The Song Is You
| writer13 = Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
| length13 = 8:46
}}
Personnel
- Joe Lovano – producer, tenor saxophone
- George Mraz – bass (tracks: 1, 3 to 13)
- Michael Rabinowitz – bassoon (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
- Erik Friedlander – cello (tracks: 1 3 5 6 8 9 11 12)
- Manny Albam – conductor (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
- Al Foster – drums
- John Clark – French horn (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
- Emily Mitchell – harp (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
- Kenny Werner – piano (tracks: 1, 3 to 6, 8 to 13)
- Billy Drewes – soprano saxophone, clarinet (bass) (tracks: 1 3 5 6 8 9 12)
- Ted Nash – tenor saxophone, clarinet (tracks: 1 3 5 6 8 9 11 12)
- Dick Oatts – tenor saxophone, flute (tracks: 1 3 5 6 8 9 11)
- Tom Christensen – tenor saxophone, oboe, English horn (tracks: 1 3 5 6 8 9 11 12)
- Lois Martin – viola (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
- Mark Feldman – violin (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
- Sara Parkins – violin (tracks: 1 6 8 12)
- Judi Silvano – vocals (soprano) (tracks: 1 3 5 6 8 9 11 12)
- James Farber – engineer
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.joelovano.com/albums/detail/14/Celebrating-Sinatra}}
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