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1. P. Meyers says:

   September 4, 2010 at 7:37 pm

   My wife and I are great fans of Tom Jobim, his music, and its genre, and we are also great fans of Frank Sinatra’s magnificent music from the 40s through the 70s. This CD disappoints. It’s Jobim’s music, which usually is wonderful in its native Brazilian, but poor Frank can’t handle it in its English translation. The album evidently was done in an attempt to revive the aging Sinatra’s career. We think it fails, but listen to a few tracks before you decide whether to buy or not.
   Rating: 2 / 5
2. Churchillswit says:

   September 4, 2010 at 7:39 pm

   I bought four of these. Two for myself, just in case they go out of print and one deteriorates. I have a vast Sinatra collection. This is one of the top 5 discs. The others being “Only the Lonely”, “Swinging Lovers”, “September of my Years” and the “Live at the Sands” .Being one of the top five of any major artist says a lot. Being in the top five of the greatest singer ever is an eloquent statement indeed. It is the definitive interpretation of the Jobim sound and the most candle-light dinner elegantly romantic album you will find. Having all these songs in one collection is long long overdue.
   Rating: 5 / 5
3. Regina Coeli Cunha Dorea says:

   September 4, 2010 at 10:01 pm

   Happy to finally get this on CD. Item packaged securely and received it in a very timely manner.
   Rating: 4 / 5
4. Shell-Zee says:

   September 4, 2010 at 10:18 pm

   Frank Sinatra approached his mid-sixties to early seventies recording sessions as a kind of opportunity to reinvent himself. Perhaps he had tired of singing the catalogue of “standards” that he had been doing since his earliest days with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. He mastered this material to the point where he could boast having recorded the definative versions of “Lady Is A Tramp”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, “Night And Day”, “I Get A Kick Out Of You”, “Witchcraft”, “I’ve Got The World On A String” and dozens and dozens more. So what new frontier could he conquer? He tried his hand at contemporary songwriters like Rod McKuen, Michele LeGrand, Paul Anka, even Lennon/McCartney and George Harrison. The results were spotty at best. He attempted a country & western “theme” album, called “Watertown” that was nothing short of disastorous. And he recorded pop material by Lee Hazelwood with daughter Nancy that would even make Barry Manilow blush. More embarrassing still was the Sonny Bono song “My Baby Shot Me Down”. Yes “Dooby Dooby Doo” didn’t quite have the same Sinatra charm as “Ring a Ding Ding”. So where could he find new material that suited his more mature, relaxed style?

   How about Bosa Nova? The world was exploding with this new South American sound since “The Girl From Ipanema” first hit the airwaves. Stan Getz was one of the first to test the water with instrumental versions of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s best compositions. He and jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd perhaps did more to bring this new music to the forefront than any other recording artist. But Sinatra wanted to do something different. His idea was do create a synthesis of his own jazz inflected vocals with more authentic accompaniment. So why not record his Bosa Nova album with the principle architect, Antonio Carlos Jobim. Why not? Afterall, Frank really was the Chairman of the Board. The overall results of this pairing was nothing less than phenomenal. Sinatra instantly owned Jobim’s compostions, “Girl From Ipanema”, “Dindi”, “Corcovado”, “How Insensitive” and “Once I Loved” in the same way he owned songs by Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Rogers & Hart, Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn and other great tin pan alley composers. Sinatra’s pharsing has always been impeccable and his diction near perfect. These recordings demonstrate how his peerless ability to deliver a lyric with such ease, is beyond comparison. Jobim proves the perfect accompanist, as he provides a soft, sensative and very understated platte. With neither artist overshadowing the other, they truly compliment each other with the utmost style and elegance. And longtime collaborator Claus Ogerman provided the beautiful arrangements for strings and woodwinds that added to the warm, dreamy tropical atmosphere. Yes, these sessions could not be more diverse in every way from the big brassy numbers like “Chicago, My Kind Of Town”, “That’s Life” and “My Way”, that dominated Sinatra’s mid sixties through early seventies repertoire.

   This wonderful album along with selections from its companion piece “Sinatra & Company” have been long out of print. So kudos to Concord Records to have the good sense to combine both along with the marketing savvey to release it this Spring. What great music to enjoy from May through September and beyond. Sinatra and Jobim go together like….Well, like moonlight and music!

   Rating: 5 / 5
5. J.Grau says:

   September 5, 2010 at 12:00 am

   I used to be a “music analyzer” years ago, but now I am completly happy been a music lover.
   
   I am what people call an “audiophile”, having Cary amps, Dynaudio speakers, Transparent cables, Meridian 518 digital D/D converter, Cambridge DAC Magic d/a converter, Wadia iPod transporter, Pro-Ject Perspex turntable.etc.
   
   Who cares if the stereo is narrow, or an “error” of the bass is in track 5 (2:31).
   
   The music is for listening not for “analyze”
   
   This Cd is wonderful, warm, and very close to analogue sound of the vinyl.
   
   Buy this CD and enjoy with a good company and a good wine.
   
   Enjoy.
   Rating: 5 / 5