Sinatra and Swingin' Brass

Sinatra and Swingin' Brass

General information

Artist

Frank Sinatra

Arranger

Neil Hefti

Release date(s)

1962

Recorded

May 18, 19, 23, 1961

Record Label

Reprise

Producer

Sonny Burke

Product code

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Track information

Discs

1

Total tracks

15

Length

38:15

Singles

"Everybody's Twistin'"
"Nothing But the Best"
"Goody Goody"
"Love Is Just around the Corner"

Reception

Allmusic

2½ / 5

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Alternate cover art

Chronology

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Sinatra and Swingin' Brass is a 1962 studio album of Frank Sinatra released under Reprise Records. It is Sinatra's thirty-third studio album.

Track listing

1. "Goody Goody" (Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck) – 1:47
2. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:41
3. "At Long Last Love" (Cole Porter) – 2:14
4. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Johnny Hodges, Harry James, Duke Ellington, Don George) – 2:34
5. "Don'cha Go 'Way Mad" (Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman, Illinois Jacquet) – 3:12
6. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Porter) – 3:14
7. "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) – 2:03
8. "Love Is Just around the Corner" (Lewis E. Gensler, Leo Robin) – 2:27
9. "Ain't She Sweet?" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen) – 2:07
10. "Serenade In Blue" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 2:58
11. "I Love You" (Porter) – 2:16
12. "Pick Yourself Up" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 2:33

    CD bonus tracks:

13. "Everybody's Twistin'" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 2:31
14. "Nothing But the Best" (Johnny Rotella) – 3:00
15. "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman Connor) – 2:38

Singles

Though not featured in the initial track listing, "Everybody's Twistin'" and "Nothing But the Best" were released as a single with each other. A second single of "Goody Goody and "Love Is Just Around the Corner" was later featured as well.

Reception

Sinatra and Swingin' Brass received mixed reviews. While receiving poor professional reviews from publications such as Allmusic, the album remains a fan favourite, featuring several covers of his Capitol work under Reprise.

Personnel

Personnel
Milton Ager	Composer
Harry Archer	Composer
Conte Candoli	Trumpet
Chuck Dukowski	Composer
Duke Ellington	Composer
Dorothy Fields	Composer
Gregg Geller	Producer, Reissue Producer
Lewis Gensler	Composer
Don George	Composer
George Gershwin	Composer
Ira Gershwin	Composer
Mack Gordon	Composer
Neal Hefti	Arranger, Conductor
Lee Herschberg	Digital Mastering, Digital Remastering
Johnny Hodges	Composer
James Isaacs	Liner Notes
Illinois Jacquet	Composer
Harry James	Composer
Gordon Jenkins	Composer
Jim Jonson	Artwork, Cover Art, Cover Design
Jerome Kern	Composer
Richard Keyes	Design
Joe Maini	Saxophone (Alto)
Matty Malneck	Composer
Skip Martin	Arranger
Al McKibbon	Bass
Johnny Mercer	Composer
Bill Miller	Piano
Jimmy Mundy	Composer
Earl Palmer	Drums
Cole Porter	Composer
Nelson Riddle	Arranger
Leo Robin	Composer
Victor Schertzinger	Composer
Merle Shore	Art Direction
Frank Sinatra	Vocals
Lawrence Stewart	Liner Notes
Al Stillman	Composer
Harlan Thompson	Composer
Jerry Jeff Walker	Composer
Harry Warren	Composer
Ben Webster	Saxophone (Tenor)
Jack Yellen	Composer