Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!

Sinatra's Swingin' Session
Studio album by
Frank Sinatra
ReleasedJanuary 3, 1961
RecordedAugust 22–23, 31 & September 1, 1960
StudioCapitol Studio A (Hollywood)
GenreTraditional pop
Length26:23 (original 12-song release)
LabelCapitol
ProducerDave Cavanaugh
Frank Sinatra chronology
All The Way
(1961) 		Sinatra's Swingin' Session
(1961) 		Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Uncut[3]

Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! is the nineteenth studio album by Frank Sinatra, released on January 3, 1961.

Six of the tracks on the album are re-recordings of a batch of songs that Sinatra had previously recorded on the Columbia album, Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra.

It was released on compact disc as Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! And More.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When You're Smiling"Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay2:00
2."Blue Moon"Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart2:51
3."S'Posin'"Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf1:48
4."It All Depends on You"B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson2:02
5."It's Only a Paper Moon"Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose2:19
6."My Blue Heaven"Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting2:03
7."Should I?"Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown1:30
8."September in the Rain"Harry Warren, Al Dubin2:58
9."Always"Irving Berlin2:17
10."I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me"Clarence Gaskill, Jimmy McHugh2:25
11."I Concentrate on You"Cole Porter2:23
12."You Do Something to Me"Porter1:33
CD reissue bonus tracks (not included on the original 1961 release)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Sentimental Baby"Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith, Lew Spence2:36
14."Hidden Persuasion"Wainwright Churchill III2:25
15."Ol' McDonald"Traditional, Bergman, Keith, Spence2:41

Complete Personnel

Tracks 1, 3, 7, 11, 12

22-August-1960 (Monday) - Hollywood.

Cappy Lewis, Mickey Mangano, Shorty Sherock, George Seaberg (tpt); Jimmy Priddy, Tommy Pederson, Gail Martin, Tom Shepard (tbn); Harry Klee, Buddy Colette, Chuck Gentry, Ronny Lang, Champ Webb (sax/wwd); Victor Amo, AlexBeller, Victor Bay, Harold Dicterow, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Dan Lube, Felix Slatkin, Gerald Vinci (vln); Paul Robyn, Barbara Simons (via); Ossip Giskin, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Keith Mitchell (b); Alvin Stoller (d); Frank Flynn (perc).

Tracks 2, 13, 15

l-September-1960 (Thursday) - Hollywood.

Cappy Lewis, Mickey Mangano, Shorty Sherock, George Seaberg (tpt); George Ams, Tommy Pederson, Gail Martin, Tom Shepard (tbn); Bill Green, Buddy Collette, Chuck Gentry, Willie Schwartz, Plas Johnson (sax/wwd); Murray Kellner, Alex Beller, Victor Bay, Kurt Dieterle, William Weiss, Joseph Livoti, Jacques Gasselin, Mischa Russell, Louis Kaufman, Gerald Vinci (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris (via); Ossip Giskin, Eleanor Slatkin, Armand Kaproff (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Joe Comfort (b); Irving Cottler (d); Emil Richards (perc).

Tracks 4, 6, 9, 10

23-August-1960 (Tuesday) - Hollywood.

Cappy Lewis, Mickey Mangano, Shorty Sherock, George Seaberg (tpt); Jimmy Priddy, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard (tbn); Harry Klee, Buddy Collette, Chuck Gentry, Ronny Lang, Plas Johnson (sax/wwd); Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Victor Bay, Nathan Ross, Ben Gill, Murray Kellner, Dan Lube, Felix Slatkin, Gerald Vinci (vln); Paul Robyn, Barbara Simons (via); Ossip Giskin, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Keith Mitchell (b); Alvin Stoller (d); Frank Flynn (perc).

Tracks 5, 8, 14

31-August-1960 (Wednesday) - Hollywood.

Cappy Lewis, Mickey Mangano, Shorty Sherock, George Seaberg (tpt); George Arus, Tommy Pederson, Tom Shepard (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Bill Green, Buddy Collette, Chuch Gentry, Willie Schwartz, Plas Johnson (sax/wwd); Victor Amo, Alex Beller, Victor Bay, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Joseph Livoti, Jacques Gasselin, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Gerald Vinci (vln); Alvin Dinkin, Stanley Harris (via); Ossip Giskin, Eleanor Slatkin, Armand Kaproff (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Joe Comfort (b); Irving Cottler (d); Frank Flynn (perc).[4]

References

  1. ^ Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ Aiken, Kit (November 2003). "Croon squad". Uncut. No. 20. p. 92.
  4. ^ Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography. ISBN 978-0274963768.