L.A. Is My Lady

Infobox Album | Name = L.A. Is My Lady
Type = Album
Artist = Frank Sinatra


Released = August, 1984
Recorded = April 13, 16 - April 17, 1984
New York City
Genre = Classic pop, Vocal Jazz
Length = 36:35
Label = Qwest / Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Quincy Jones
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j4r9282c051a link] | Last album = "She Shot Me Down"
(1981)
This album = "L.A. Is My Lady"
(1984)
Next album = "Duets"
(1993) |

"L.A. Is My Lady" is a 1984 (see 1984 in music) album by Frank Sinatra, featuring arrangements by Quincy Jones. It was the last solo album that Sinatra recorded.

The album came after an album of duets between Sinatra and Lena Horne, instigated by Jones, was abandoned after Horne developed vocal problems and Sinatra, committed to other engagements, couldn't wait to record. This was the first studio album Sinatra had recorded with Jones since 1964's "It Might as Well Be Swing".

The sessions were filmed, with a small audience, and released as "" (1985). The documentary shows Sinatra meeting Michael Jackson for the first time, with Jones affectionately calling Jackson "Smelly".

Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth make cameo appearances in the video for L.A. Is My Lady, which in turn made moderate rotation on the fledgling MTV Network.

Despite its title, the album was recorded in New York City. The album peaked at #58 on the Billboard 200, and #8 on the Top Jazz Albums chart.

ongs

* This was the first time Sinatra recorded "Mack the Knife". He re-recorded the vocal on October 30, 1986 (combined with the original orchestra track) for the album's 1986 release on compact disc. [http://www.songsbysinatra.com/songs/composers/composers_main.html see under "Weill".] The musicians that Sinatra name-checks on "Mack the Knife" are; Quincy Jones, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, George Benson, Joe Newman, Frank Foster, and Lionel Hampton. The double bassist Major Holley scats over the opening bars of the song.

* Sammy Cahn wrote new a new verse for "Teach Me Tonight", referencing Sinatra's many love affairs.

* Cahn also altered the lyrics of "Until the Real Thing Comes Along", with Sinatra claiming "I'd even punch out Mr. T for you".

Track listing

#"L.A. Is My Lady" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Quincy Jones, Peggy Lipton Jones) – 3:12
#*Arranged by Dave Matthews, Quincy Jones, Jerry Hay, Torrie Zito
#"The Best of Everything" (Fred Ebb, John Kander) – 2:45
#*Arranged by Sam Nestico, Joe Parnello
#"How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" (A. Bergman, M. Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 3:49
#*Arranged by Sam Nestico, Joe Parnello
#"Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul) – 3:44
#*Arranged by Torrie Zito
#"It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) – 2:39
#*Arranged by Quincy Jones
#"Mack the Knife" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 4:50
#*Arranged by Frank Foster
#"Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols, Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman) – 3:03
#*Arranged by Quincy Jones
#"Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:38
#*Arranged by Quincy Jones
#"If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 2:36
#*Arranged by Quincy Jones
#"A Hundred Years from Today" (Joe Young, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:04
#*Arranged by Quincy Jones
#"After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 3:15
#*Arranged by Quincy Jones

Personnel

* Frank Sinatra - vocals
* Harry Lookofsky - Concert Master
* Oscar Brashear - trumpet
* Randy Brecker
* Jon Faddis
* Gary Grant
* Joe Newman
* Alan Rubin
* Lew Soloff
* Snooky Young
* Jerry Hey - trumpet, arranger
* Wayne Andre - trombone
* George Bohannon
* Urbie Green
* Lew McCreary
* Benny Powell
* Bill Reichenbach Jr.
* David Taylor
* Bill Watrous
* Michael Brecker - saxophone
* Buddy Collette
* Ronnie Cuber
* William Green
* Kim Hutchcroft
* Jerome Richardson
* Larry Williams
* George Young
* Frank Wess - saxophone, alto saxophone
* Frank Foster - arranger, saxophone
* John Clark - french horn
* David Duke
* Peter Gordon
* Sidney Muldrow
* Jerry Peel
* Henry Sigismonti
* Toni Price - tuba
* James Self
* Margaret Ross - harp
* Amy Sherman
* George Benson - guitar
* Tony Mottola
* Lee Ritenour
* Lionel Hampton - vibraphone
* Ray Brown - double bass
* Gene Cherico
* Bob Crenshaw
* Major Holley
* Marcus Miller
* Neil Stubenhaus - electric bass
* Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums
* Irving Cottler
* Steve Gadd
* John "J.R." Robinson
* Ralph MacDonald - percussion
* Sy Johnson - piano, fender rhodes
* Joe Parnello piano, arranger, fender rhodes
* Craig Huxley - synthesizer
* Ed Walsh
* Bob James - synthesizer, electric piano, fender rhodes
* Hilary James - synthesizer, piano, fender rhodes
* Randy Kerber - synthesizer, piano, fender rhodes

Production personnel

* Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor, producer
* Joseph d'Ambrosio - production coordination
* David Matthews - arranger
* Sammy Nestico
* Torrie Zito
* David Smith - engineer
* Gus Skinas - engineer, digital engineer
* Phil Ramone - engineer, mixing
* Jimmy Santis
* Stanley Wallace
* Allen Sides - engineer, assistant engineer, mixing assistant
* Steve Crimmel - engineer, associate engineer
* Mark Ettel
* Cliff Jones - engineer, associate remixing engineer
* Ollie Cotton - associate engineer
* Bradshaw Leigh
* Roger Nichols - digital engineer, associate engineer
* Bernie Grundman - mastering
* Lee Herschberg - digital mastering
* Don Hahn - remixing
* Elliot Scheiner - remixing, assistant engineer, mixing assistant
* Alan Berliner - photography
* Bill Ross
* Ed Thrasher
* William Warren
* Stan Cornyn - liner notes

References