A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra explained

A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra
Type:	studio
Artist:	Oscar Peterson
Cover:	jazzportraitsinatra.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	May 18, 1959
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	34:43
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Sonny Stitt Sits In with the Oscar Peterson Trio
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson
Next Year:	1959

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

Writing for AllMusic, critic Scott Yanow wrote "This is not one of Oscar Peterson's most essential dates, but it is swinging and enjoyable."

Track listing

1. "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) – 2:40
2. "Come Dance with Me" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:22
3. "Learnin' the Blues" (Dolores Vicki Silvers) – 3:41
4. "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 3:12
5. "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:44
6. "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" (Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:57
7. "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Styne) – 1:53
8. "It Happened in Monterey" (Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne) – 2:57
9. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 3:03
10. "All of Me" (Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks) – 3:25
11. "The Birth of the Blues" (Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown) – 2:38
12. "How About You?" (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane) – 3:11

Personnel

The Oscar Peterson trio

• • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Ed Thigpen – drums