Sinatra Matters

Sinatra Matters

By Michael FenenbockMusicMusic History
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Sinatra Matters episodes

  • 47 Nice 'n' Easy

    A Sinatra classic, from the 1960 album of the same name, here is Lew Spence and Marilyn and Alan Bergman’s Nice 'n' Easy. Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.

    Credits:
    Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss
    Edited by Katie Cali
    Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi

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    16 min
  • 46 P.S. I Love You

    Sinatra’s poignant 1956 recording of P.S.  I Love You.  From the album Close to You, here is GordonJenkins and Johnny Mercer’s classic romantic ballad.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.

    Credits:

    Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss
    Edited by Katie Cali
    Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi

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    17 min
  • 45 I Concentrate on You

    Frank Sinatra’s mastery of tempo. From the 1961 album Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! here is Cole Porter’s I Concentrate on You.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.

    Credits:
    Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss
    Edited by Katie Cali
    Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi

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    15 min
  • 44 Send In the Clowns

    Frank Sinatra’s extraordinary performance of Send In the Clowns.  Recorded in 1976, here is the Stephen Sondheim  classic. 

    Credits:
    Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss
    Edited by Katie Cali
    Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi

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    16 min
  • 43 The Song is You

    Sinatra swings!  Arranged by Billy May, here is The Song is You from Frank

    Sinatra’s 1959 album Come Dance With Me. 

    Credits:
    Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss
    Edited by Katie Cali
    Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi

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    11 min
  • 42 Dancing In the Dark

    An update about the podcast.  And a raucous Sinatra swinger.  From the 1959 album Come Dance With Me, here is Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz’s Dancing in the Dark.  Arranged and conducted by Billy May.

    Credits:
    Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss
    Edited by Katie Cali
    Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi

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    14 min
  • 41 Blue Moon

    Sinatra’s signature sound is impossible to imagine without the influence of jazz.  Here is the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart standard Blue Moon from the 1961 album Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.

    Credits:
    Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss
    Edited by Katie Cali
    Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi

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    16 min
  • 40 I Get A Kick Out Of You

    A swinging Sinatra classic.  Here is Cole Porter’s I Get A Kick Out Of You from the 1962 album Sinatra And Swingin' Brass. Arranged and conducted by Neil Hefti.

    Credits:
    Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss
    Edited by Katie Cali
    Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi
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    15 min
  • 39 Memories of You

    Sinatra’s mastery of legato phrasing.  From the 1962 album Point of No Return, this is Eubie Blake and Andy Razaf’s Memories of You. Arranged by Heinie Beau and conducted by Axel Stordahl.

    Credits:
    Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss
    Edited by Katie Cali
    Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi

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    16 min
  • 38 Call Me Irresponsible

    From the 1963 album Sinatra's Sinatra, here⁠ is Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn's Call Me Irresponsible. Arranged and conducted by Nelson

    Riddle.

    Credits:
    Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss
    Edited by Katie Cali
    Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi

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    15 min

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Frank Sinatra. Vibrant, exciting and sublime. Frank Sinatra’s lasting musical legacy is his superlative recordings. In each episode Michael Fenenbock explores and illuminates an essential recording from Sinatra’s body of work.