The Essence of Frank Sinatra [Sony]

by Frank Sinatra

Overview

The Essence of Frank Sinatra is a 12-track budget-priced collection that culls highlights -- not necessarily hits -- from Sinatra's early years at Columbia. There are several classic moments here ("Nancy," "The Coffee Song," "I've Got a Crush on You," "Autumn in New York"), but the selection is too haphazard to make the collection a good introduction. Nevertheless, it's not bad as a sampler, since the music itself is very, very good. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	07/26/1994
Label:	Legacy / Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	0074645715223

Tracks

1. Dream
2. Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
3. The Coffee Song (They've Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil)
4. Lost in the Stars
5. Ain'tcha Ever Comin' Back
6. You're My Girl
7. I've Got a Crush on You
8. Autumn in New York
9. Nature Boy
10. Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)
11. The Old Master Painter
12. Lover

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Frank Sinatra   Primary Artist,Vocals
Nick Pisani   Violin
Wolfe Taninbaum   Saxophone
David Sterkin   Viola,Violin
Frederick Buldrini   Violin
Mitch Miller   Oboe
Dave Barbour   Guitar
Gerald Vinci   Violin
Raoul Poliakin   Violin
Al Caiola   Guitar
Jack Zyde   Violin
Paul Robyn   Viola
Jack Dumont   Saxophone
Anthony Perrotti   Violin
Ben Mortell   Guitar
Henry Nosco   Violin
Howard Kay   Violin
Emanuel Gershman   Violin
Peter Ellis   Violin
Sy Morris   Violin
Terry Snyder   Drums
Victor Arno   Violin
Ken Lane   Piano
Harold Coletta   Viola
Babe Russin   Saxophone
Bobby Hackett   Trumpet
Harry Katzman   Violin
Felix Slatkin   Violin
Gary White   Viola
Nuncio "Toots" Mondello   Saxophone
George Arus   Trombone
Ernie Caceres   Saxophone
Allan Harshman   Viola,Violin
Johnny Guarnieri   Piano
John Ryan   Bass
Perry Botkin   Guitar
John Cave   Horn
Fred Stulce   Saxophone
Sam Levine   Viola
Axel Stordahl   Conductor
Hugo Winterhalter   Conductor
Harold Feldman   Saxophone
Marshall Sosson   Violin
Walter Edelstein   Violin
Mischa Russell   Violin
Buddy Morrow   Trombone
Sam Freed   Violin
Gordon Griffin   Trumpet
George Kast   Viola,Violin
Gerald Joyce   Viola,Violin
Rubin Zarchy   Trumpet
James Skiles   Trombone
Arthur Shapiro   Bass
Ray Hagan   Drums
Don Logiudice   Saxophone
John d'Agostino   Trombone
Harry Azen   Violin
Herman Alpert   Bass
Emmett Callen   Saxophone
Philip Stephens   Bass
Don Anderson   Trumpet
Carl Poole   Trumpet
Maurice Perlmutter   Viola
Yank Lawson   Trumpet
Frank Carroll   Bass
George Ricci   Cello
Andrew Ferretti   Trumpet
Sid Cooper   Saxophone
Ann Mason   Harp
Harry Bluestone   Violin
Billy Butterfield   Trumpet
Vincent DeRosa   Horn
Jeff Alexander   Conductor
Mark McIntyre   Piano
Norris "Bunny" Shawker   Drums
Ray Linn   Trumpet
Johnny Blowers   Drums
Milt Yaner   Saxophone
Cy Bernard   Cello
Leo Kruczek   Violin
Henry Ross   Saxophone
Milton Prinz   Cello
Bob Kitsis   Piano
Dale McMickle   Trumpet
Dan Lube   Violin
Isadore Zir   Viola
Samuel Rand   Violin
Charles Griffard   Trumpet
Olcott Vail   Violin
Maurice Brown   Cello
Matty Golizio   Guitar
William Schaffer   Trombone
Bernard Kaufman   Flute
James Stagliano   Horn
Werner Callies   Violin
Buddy Sheppard   Violin
Sam Middleman   Violin
Maurice Hershaft   Violin
Morris King   Violin
William Hymanson   Viola
Jack Sewell   Cello,Violin
Elmer Smithers   Trombone
William Rausch   Trombone
Herman Shertzer   Saxophone
George Brown   Viola
Van Ramsey   Trumpet
Joe Yukl   Trombone
Frank Miller   Cello
Dave Hallett   Trombone
Leonard Mach   Trumpet
Solomon Deutsch   Viola
Bruce Hudson   Trumpet
Raymond Clark   Vocals
Anthony Russo   Trombone
William Bloom   Violin
Garry White   Viola,Violin
William Spear   Viola
Leonard Hartman   Violin,Saxophone
Pinky Savitt   Trumpet
David Mankowitz   Viola
Hoyt Bohannon   Trombone
Mac Ceppos   Violin
Armand Karpoff   Cello
Jules Kinsler   Saxophone
Samuel Cytron   Violin
Harry Lawson   Violin,Saxophone
Henry Beau   Violin,Saxophone
Murray Kellner   Violin
Frank Leithner   Piano
Zelly Smirnoff   Violin
George Jenkins   Trombone
Karl Chlupse   Horn
Russ Solomon   Trumpet
Pullman Pederson   Trombone
Emanuel Klein   Trumpet
Peter Beilman   Trombone
Sol Kindler   Viola,Violin
Stanley Spiegelman   Viola
Arthur Kafton   Cello,Violin
Ken Cameron   Vocals
Ted Rosen   Violin
Kurt Dieterle   Violin
Harry Urbont   Violin
Irma Clow   Harp
Felix Orlewitz   Violin
Richard Perissi   Horn
Harold Furmansky   Viola
Fred Dornbach   Maracas,Saxophone
Julius Brand   Violin
Mark McInyre   Piano
Elaine Vito Ricci   Harp
Howard Halbert   Violin
Edward Kuczborski   Trombone
Merle Pitt   Violin
Fred Goerner   Cello,Violin

Technical Credits

Jerry Shulman   Executive Producer
Paul Weston   Composer
Sy Oliver   Arranger
Eden Ahbez   Composer
Bob Hilliard   Composer
Vernon Duke   Composer
Irving Taylor   Composer
Joe Marsala   Composer
Fabian Andre   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Wilbur Schwandt   Composer
Didier C. Deutsch   Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Axel Stordahl   Arranger,Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Phil Silvers   Composer
Haven Gillespie   Composer
Kurt Weill   Composer
Jeff Alexander   Arranger
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Allen Weinberg   Art Direction
Rita Cox   Project Director
Richard Miles   Composer
Chris Herles   Mastering
Maxwell Anderson   Composer
Gina Bello   Design
Harry Beasley Smith   Composer