Sinatra Matters
Sinatra Matters
Michael Fenenbock
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. Nobody swings like Sinatra and nobody plumbs the depths of lost love in a song like Sinatra. He was a musical genius. The kind that only comes along once every hundred years. Sinatra matters.
66 The Last Dance
All good things come to an end and this is “The Last Dance” for my Sinatra Matters podcast. But I’m beginning a new adventure on Substack – “Sinatra Matters and More.” I’ll be writing, about Frank Sinatra and offering my personal, sometimes idiosyncratic, interpretations of musicians, favorite singers, songs, albums and classic jazz. I’ll be including a YouTube link to the songs. Substack. “Sinatra Matters & More.” Join me. Subscribe to be notified of new posts.  It’s free. https://michaelfenenbock.substack.com/ Well, that’s it for now. I do hope that you’ll come along for the ride.  Until then. Michael
Oct 21, 2024
5 min
65 Autumn in New York
Right now it’s Autumn in New York, and so from the 1958 album Come Fly With Me, here is Frank Sinatra’s rendition of the Vernon Duke classic.  Arranged and conducted by Billy May.  Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Sep 21, 2024
14 min
64 How Insensitive
Sinatra and Jobim.  Here is Sinatra’s delivery of Jobim’s beautiful and moving How Insensitive.  From the 1967 album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, with Norman Gimbel’s English lyrics.  Arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit ZangiSend comments to [email protected]
Aug 30, 2024
14 min
63 Night and Day
Frank Sinatra’s wonderful ballad rendition of Cole Porter’s Night and Day.  From the 1962 album Sinatra and Strings. Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to ⁠[email protected]
Aug 13, 2024
13 min
60 Brazil
Sinatra and Billy May swing the Latin classic Brazil.  From the 1958 album, Come Fly With Me, here is Ary Barroso’s hugely popular Samba Brazil . . . with English lyrics by Bob Russell. Credits:Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Jun 14, 2024
15 min
59 I'll Be Around
A classic lost love ballad.  From the 1955 album In the Wee Small Hours, Sinatra sings Alec Wilder’s I’ll Be Around.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
May 28, 2024
15 min
58 All or Nothing at All
Raucous Big Band jazz. Sinatra swings All or Nothing at All.  From the 1966 album Strangers in the Night, here’s the Arthur Altman/Jack Lawrence standard.  Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
May 10, 2024
13 min
57 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.  Sinatra in London.  From the 1962 album Frank Sinatra Sings Great Songs of Great Britain, here is the Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin classic. Arranged and conducted by Robert Farnon. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Apr 19, 2024
17 min
56 Summer Wind
Arranged and conducted by the incomparable Nelson Riddle, from the 1966 album titled Strangers in the Night, here is Sinatra and Summer Wind. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Apr 5, 2024
14 min
55 New York, New York
New York, New York.  Here is Frank Sinatra’s iconic classic.  From the 1980 album, Trilogy, John Kander and Fred Ebb’s Theme from New York, New York.  Arranged and conducted by Don Costa. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn SchlossEdited by Katie CaliMixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to [email protected]
Mar 19, 2024
16 min
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