Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Sinatra and Jobim in ten songs, in English and Portuguese, arranged by Claus Ogerman.
Frank Sinatra, 1967
- Released
- March 1967
- Recorded
- 30 January and 1 February 1967
- Studio
- United Western Recorders, Hollywood
- Label
- Reprise
- Producer
- Sonny Burke
Sonny Burke produced the album and Claus Ogerman arranged and conducted it. Jobim played piano and acoustic guitar and sang backing vocals. Al Viola played uncredited guitar on Change Partners because Jobim struggled with the song. Jobim waited for Sinatra to return from a holiday in Barbados, described as a mutually agreed break in his marriage to Mia Farrow. The lyricists Aloisio de Oliveira and Ray Gilbert attended the sessions. On 1 February Sinatra and his daughter Nancy also recorded Somethin' Stupid.
A second Sinatra and Jobim collaboration was briefly released on 8-track in 1969 and withdrawn at Sinatra's request.
Reception
The album reached number 19 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Top Jazz Albums chart. At the 1968 Grammys it was nominated for Album of the Year, which went to Sgt. Pepper, and for Best Male Pop Vocal, which went to Glen Campbell's By the Time I Get to Phoenix. Billboard picked it as a Spotlight album on 8 April 1967, and AllMusic gave it 4.5 out of 5.
Track listing
- The Girl from Ipanema3:00
- Dindi3:25
- Change Partners2:40
- Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)2:45
- Meditation (Meditacao)2:51
- If You Never Come to Me (Inutil Paisagem)2:10
- How Insensitive (Insensatez)3:15
- I Concentrate on You2:32
- Baubles, Bangles and Beads2:32
- Once I Loved (O Amor em Paz)2:37
Personnel
- Frank Sinatra vocals
- Antonio Carlos Jobim piano, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Claus Ogerman arranger, conductor
- Al Viola guitar on Change Partners (uncredited)
- Sonny Burke producer
More from Frank Sinatra
Songs for Young Lovers (1954), In the Wee Small Hours (1955), Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956), Only the Lonely (1958), Come Fly with Me (1958), Nice 'n' Easy (1960), Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962), September of My Years (1965), Sinatra at the Sands (1966), Francis A. & Edward K. (1967), Watertown (1970), Trilogy: Past Present Future (1980), Duets (1993)
Sources
- Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, Wikipedia
- The Girl from Ipanema, Wikipedia