Swing Easy!

Swing Easy!

Infobox Album | Name = Swing Easy!
Type = Album
Artist = Frank Sinatra


Released = 1954
Recorded = April 7, April 19, 1954 Hollywood
Genre = Vocal Jazz, Classic pop
Length = 19:17
Label = Capitol Records
Producer = Voyle Gilmore
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7x2tk6ax9krk link] (expanded CD)
Last album = "Songs for Young Lovers" (1954)
This album = "Swing Easy!"
(1954)
Next album = "In the Wee Small Hours" (1955)

"Swing Easy!" is a 1954 album by Frank Sinatra, his second released under the Capitol label. It was released as a 10" LP consisting of eight songs, the maximum playing time available to a ten-inch record side being under fourteen minutes.

His second album on Capitol and the first with arrangements by Nelson Riddle, using a swing band format for the instrumentation. As the title implies, the record concentrates on up-tempo swingers done with a light touch. Again, the songs were all standards -- "Just One of Those Things," "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams," "All of Me" -- that benefited from the new thematic setting, the new arrangements, and, of course, Sinatra's increasingly playful and textured vocals.

This album is currently available on compact disc as a double album with "Songs for Young Lovers", also initially released in the ten-inch format. It is also available as an expanded disc by import.

Original LP track listing

ide one

#"Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter)
#"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young)
#"Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
#"Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll)

ide two

#"Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche)
#"Jeepers Creepers" (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer)
#"Get Happy" (Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen)
#"All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons)

Expanded CD track listing

#"Jeepers Creepers" (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer)
#"Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche)
#"Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll)
#"Lean Baby" (Roy Alfred, Billy May)
#"I Love You" (Harry Archer, Harlan Thompson)
#"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young)
#"Get Happy" (Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen)
#"All of Me" (Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks)
#"How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me" (Tyree Glenn, Allan Roberts)
#"Why Should I Cry Over You?" (Chester Conn, Ned Miller)
#"Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
#"Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter)

Personnel

* Frank Sinatra – Vocals
* Nelson Riddle – Arranger, Conductor


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • swing — ► VERB (past and past part. swung) 1) move back and forth or from side to side while or as if suspended. 2) move by grasping a support and leaping. 3) move in a smooth, curving line. 4) (swing at) attempt to hit or punch. 5) shift from one… …   English terms dictionary

  • Swing (Java) — Swing is a widget toolkit for Java. It is part of Sun Microsystems Java Foundation Classes (JFC) mdash; an API for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for Java programs.Swing was developed to provide a more sophisticated set of GUI… …   Wikipedia

  • Swing (politics) — Swing in a British political context is a single figure used as an indication of the scale of voter change between two political parties. It originated as a mathematical calculation for comparing the results of two constituencies. The term swing… …   Wikipedia

  • swing — [swiŋ] vi. swung, swinging [ME swingen < OE swingan, akin to Ger schwingen, to brandish < IE base * sweng , to curve, swing] 1. to sway or move backward and forward with regular movement, as a freely hanging object or a ship at anchor;… …   English World dictionary

  • Easy listening — music is a style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the mid 20th century, evolving out of swing and big band music, and related to Beautiful music and Light music. Easy listening music features simple, catchy melodies, soft, laid… …   Wikipedia

  • Swing Out Sister — Infobox musical artist Name = Swing Out Sister Img capt = Img size = Background = group or band Birth name = Alias = Born = Died = Origin = Manchester, England Instrument = Genre = pop acid jazz smooth jazz Years active = 1985– present Label =… …   Wikipedia

  • swing — 1 verb past tense and past participle swung, 1 MOVE BACKWARDS/FORWARDS (I, T) to move backwards and forwards hanging from a fixed point, or to make something do this: a sign swinging in the wind | The soldiers swung their arms as they marched. 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • swing — v. & n. v. (past and past part. swung) 1 intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a to and fro or curving motion, as of an object attached at one end and hanging free at the other. 2 intr. & tr. a sway. b hang so as to be free to sway. c oscillate… …   Useful english dictionary

  • swing — verb (swings, swinging; past and past participle swung) 1》 move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while or as if suspended.     ↘informal be executed by hanging. 2》 move by grasping a support and leaping.     ↘move quickly… …   English new terms dictionary

  • swing — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 change in public opinion, sb s mood, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ big, dramatic, huge, sharp, violent, wide (esp. AmE) ▪ violent swings in policy …   Collocations dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”