Classical Sinatra CD

this cd is perhaps his work when he was old, and the music style is pretty different from the songs like Come Fly With Me or other songs like that. Some the those songs are from movie soundtrack.If you are looking for a smooth jazz cd, this is the one.

Here's to the winners

The question is: back from where? The answer is: retirement. Yes, Frank Sinatra retired in 1970. It didn't last long, though. This "comeback" album was released in 1973. After that, Sinatra pretty much stayed unretired until he died 25 years later. This album, while not his best, has some good performances on it. I especially like the four songs written by Joe Raposo (Sesame Street composer). Recommended to Sinatra's fans.

SINATRA CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC~BRAVO FRANK!!!

As a child in the 50's, I fell in love with the SINATRA voice from radio hits like "WITCHCRAFT", "HIGH HOPES", and "ALL THE WAY" and as I came into my teens in the 60's, MR. SINATRA continued with great classics such as "IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR", "STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT", "SUMMER WIND", the soulful "THAT'S LIFE" and the grandest epic of them all "MY WAY" which is SINATRA at his sublime best. Then along came the bleak singer/songwriter era and great voices like SINATRA were no longer in fashion commercially as radio would no longer program someone who just had a great voice singing a great song! "OL'BLUE EYES IS BACK" was the wonderful television special that brought this master out of a short retirement and at the same time this classic album was released and it was clear that FRANK SINATRA was back to stay and better than ever!!! Play this soulful set on a cold rainy night with the fireplace going along with a chilled bottle of fine wine and you will never forget the experience! Like fine aged wine the voice grew darker and more deeply soulful and the opening "YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC" is haunting and mesmerizing and the melancholy "YOUR SO RIGHT-FOR WHAT'S WRONG IN MY LIFE" is bluesy and soulful. "WINNERS" is a stirring SINATRA classic that would have been a hit if released in the musically adventuresome 50's or 60's and "NOBODY WINS" is a moody hauntingly beautiful vocal that is richly shaded and SINATRA at his saloon singer best...while "SEND IN THE CLOWNS" is the definitive version of this standard and "DREAM AWAY" is another superb performance. SINATRA scored well with PAUL ANKA songs and "LET ME TRY AGAIN" should have been a huge hit as it is another great and stunning SINATRA performance that MR. SINATRA would continue doing in concerts for years after this original recording and to great effect. GORDON JENKINS did scores of brilliant bluesy arrangements for FRANK over the years and none were more effective that the gorgeous one he did for "THERE USE TO BE A BALLPARK" which again finds FRANK at his saloon-singer best giving a dark and moody hauntingly brilliant performance. The big athem is saved for the last and what a tour-de-force "NOAH" is...when MR. SINATRA sings "WE WILL WALK WITH THE LIONS, SOAR WITH THE EAGLE" you know that he is feeling every word of this athem as he soars with a great passionate vocal that is breathtaking! "OL' BLUE EYES IS BACK" is the overlooked classic that was somehow lost in the tired era of the singer/songwriter but is now preserved for all who love a great singer in peak form to savor and enjoy on Compact Disc!!! Do not listen to those who strangely put this winning collection of superb performances down as they "didn't get it" what this wonderous masterpiece is all about because they probably wanted FRANK SINATRA to just stand in cobwebs and sing the old standards but FRANK was far too creative and adventuresome to just sit back and rest on his laurels...this awesome set is one of his very best so DO NOT MISS it! Thank You Frank Sinatra for alot of very good years...they were sublime and we miss you!