Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color
Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color is a 1956 album of short tone poems by eight notable mid-20th century Hollywood composers.
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | February 22 - March 15, 1956 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Studios, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Easy listening, light classical | |||
| Length | 43:59 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Voyle Gilmore | |||
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The album was conducted by Sinatra and marked the first musical collaboration between Sinatra and Gordon Jenkins. Each composition was inspired by the poetry of Norman Sickel.
A chapter discussing the album, "The Colors of Ava: Tone Poems of Color and the Painful Measure of Sinatra's Passions," appears in A Storied Singer: Frank Sinatra as Literary Conceit (Greenwood Press, 2002) by Gilbert L. Gigliotti.
The album was the first to be recorded at the then-newly opened Capitol Studios, which are under the Capitol Records Tower.[2]
Track listing
- "White" (Victor Young) – 4:14
- "Green" (Gordon Jenkins) – 4:05
- "Purple" (Billy May) – 4:21
- "Yellow" (Jeff Alexander) – 2:38
- "Gray" (Alec Wilder) – 4:29
- "Gold" (Nelson Riddle) – 3:36
- "Orange" (Nelson Riddle) – 4:57
- "Black" (Victor Young) – 3:58
- "Silver" (Elmer Bernstein) – 4:38
- "Blue" (Alec Wilder) – 4:38
- "Brown" (Jeff Alexander) – 4:01
- "Red" (André Previn) – 3:57
Recording Dates
- Tracks 1, 7, 8 & 11 were recorded February 22, 1956.
- Tracks 9 & 12 were recorded February 28, 1956.
- Tracks 2, 4, 5 & 10 were recorded March 7, 1956.
- Tracks 3 & 6 were recorded March 15, 1956.
- All Tracks recorded & engineered by John Palladino.
Personnel
- Frank Sinatra - Conductor
References
- Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color at AllMusic
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2019-09-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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