1959 studio album by Oscar Peterson
A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra Released 1959 Recorded May 18, 1959 Genre Jazz Length 34 :43 Label Verve Producer Norman Granz
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A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra is a 1959 album by The Oscar Peterson trio, recorded in tribute to singer Frank Sinatra by interpreting songs associated with Sinatra.
Reception [ ]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [2]
Writing for AllMusic , critic Scott Yanow wrote "This is not one of Oscar Peterson's most essential dates, but it is swinging and enjoyable."[1]
Track listing [ ]
"You Make Me Feel So Young " (Mack Gordon , Josef Myrow ) – 2:40
"Come Dance with Me " (Sammy Cahn , Jimmy Van Heusen ) – 2:22
"Learnin' the Blues " (Dolores Vicki Silvers) – 3:41
"Witchcraft " (Cy Coleman , Carolyn Leigh ) – 3:12
"(Love Is) The Tender Trap " (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:44
"Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) " (Cahn, Jule Styne ) – 2:57
"Just in Time " (Betty Comden , Adolph Green , Styne) – 1:53
"It Happened in Monterey " (Billy Rose , Mabel Wayne) – 2:57
"I Get a Kick Out of You " (Cole Porter ) – 3:03
"All of Me " (Seymour Simons , Gerald Marks ) – 3:25
"The Birth of the Blues " (Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva , Lew Brown ) – 2:38
"How About You? " (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane ) – 3:11
Personnel [ ]
References [ ]
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.
As leader or co-leader
Plays series1955–58 Plays the Songbook (1959)The London House Sessions (1961)Trio & Guests Exclusively for My Friends
Action (1963–64)
Girl Talk (1965–68)
The Way I Really Play (1967)
The Lost Tapes (1967–68)
Mellow Mood (1968)
My Favorite Instrument (1968)
Travelin' On (1968)
1969–79
Hello Herbie (1969)
Motions and Emotions (with Claus Ogerman , 1969)
Another Day (1970)
Tracks (1970)
Tristeza on Piano (1970)
Walking the Line (1970)
Great Connection (1971)
In Tune (and The Singers Unlimited , 1971)
Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971)
In Tokyo (1972)
Solo (1972)
The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972)
The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972)
The trio (Pablo , 1973)
In Russia (1974)
The Giants (1974)
The Good Life (1974)
Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975)
Porgy and Bess (and Joe Pass , 1975)
The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975)
The Tenor Giants (and Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)
And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , 1977)
Jam – Montreux '77 (1977)
The London Concert (1978)
The Paris Concert (1978)
Digital at Montreux (1979)
Night Child (1979)
Skol (with Stéphane Grappelli , 1979)
With The Trumpet Kings 1980–2004
WithCount Basie or alumni
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
Basie Jazz (Count Basie , 1952)
Pres and Sweets (Lester Young and Harry Edison , 1955)
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
Jazz Giants '58 (Stan Getz , Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)
WithBenny Carter
Alone Together (1952)
Cosmopolite (1952–54)
Plays Pretty (1954)
New Jazz Sounds (with Bill Harris & Dizzy Gillespie , 1954)
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986)
WithRoy Eldridge WithElla Fitzgerald
At the Opera House (1957)
Ella and Louis (and Louis Armstrong , 1956)
Ella and Louis Again (and Louis Armstrong, 1957)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)
Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (1958)
Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972)
Ella and Oscar (1975)
Coleman Hawkins and/or Ben Webster
Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (with Roy Eldridge & Webster, 1957)
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)
Soulville (with Webster, 1957)
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (with Webster, 1959)
WithBuddy Rich With others
The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire , 1952)
Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
Ellis in Wonderland (Herb Ellis , 1955–56)
Toni (Toni Harper , 1955–56)
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
Anita Sings the Most (Anita O'Day , 1957)
Only the Blues (Sonny Stitt , 1957)
Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
This Is Ray Brown (Roy Brown , 1958)
Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
Bill Henderson with (1963)
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan , 1978)
Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)
Film soundtracks
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Studio albums
Columbia
The Voice of Frank Sinatra
Songs by Sinatra
Christmas Songs by Sinatra
Frankly Sentimental
Dedicated to You
Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra
Capitol Reprise Qwest
Live albums
Sinatra at the Sands
The Main Event – Live
Sinatra Saga
Sinatra Saga, Vol. 2
Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris
Sinatra 80th: Live in Concert
With Red Norvo Quintet: Live in Australia, 1959
Sinatra '57 in Concert
Live from Las Vegas
Sinatra: Vegas
Frank Sinatra: The Greatest Concerts
Live at the Meadowlands
Sinatra: New York
Best of Vegas
Sinatra: London
Sinatra: World On a String
Sinatra: Standing Room Only
Compilations Soundtrack albums
High Society
Young at Heart
Robin and the 7 Hoods
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