Celebrating Sinatra

1996 studio album by Joe Lovano

Celebrating Sinatra

Studio album by

Joe Lovano

Released

1996

Recorded

June 2 and 3, 1996

Studio

Clinton Studios, New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

1:08:58

Label

Blue Note CDP 7243 8 37718 2 0

Producer

Joe Lovano

Joe Lovano chronology

Ten Tales
(1994)

Celebrating Sinatra
(1996)

Tenor Time
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
Tom Hull	B+^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Celebrating Sinatra is a 1996 studio album by American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano released by the Blue Note label.^[5]^[6]^[7] Lovano leads a fifteen-piece ensemble to play famous Sinatra's songs.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'll Never Smile Again"	Ruth Lowe	5:11
2.	"Chicago"	Fred Fisher	3:58
3.	"I'm a Fool to Want You"	Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf	4:30
4.	"Imagination"	Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen	6:55
5.	"I've Got the World on a String"	Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler	4:18
6.	"All the Way"	Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen	5:32
7.	"South of the Border"	Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy	5:18
8.	"In Other Words"	Bart Howard	3:53
9.	"I've Got You Under My Skin"	Cole Porter	4:18
10.	"This Love of Mine"	Hank Sanicola, Sol Parker, Frank Sinatra	7:19
11.	"Someone to Watch over Me"	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	5:00
12.	"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)"	Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer	4:00
13.	"The Song Is You"	Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern	8:46
Total length:			01:08:58

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

^ Yanow, Scott. "Joe Lovano: Celebrating Sinatra". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 3334. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joe Lovano". Tom Hull. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 909. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ SANTELLA, JIM (June 1, 1997). "Joe Lovano: Celebrating Sinatra". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
^ "Joe Lovano – Celebrating Sinatra". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
^ Bennett, Bill (April 1997). "Joe Lovano: Celebrating Sinatra: Blue Note Records". Jazz Times. jazztimes.com. Retrieved 10 January 2017.