Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color

Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color is a 1956 album of short tone poems by eight notable mid-20th century Hollywood composers.

Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color
Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedFebruary 22 - March 15, 1956
StudioCapitol Studios, Hollywood
GenreEasy listening, light classical
Length43:59
LabelCapitol
ProducerVoyle Gilmore
Frank Sinatra chronology
Frank Sinatra Conducts the Music of Alec Wilder
(1946)
Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color
(1956)
The Man I Love
(1957)
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The album was conducted by Sinatra and marked the first musical collaboration between Sinatra and Gordon Jenkins. Each composition was inspired by the poetry of Norman Sickel.

A chapter discussing the album, "The Colors of Ava: Tone Poems of Color and the Painful Measure of Sinatra's Passions," appears in A Storied Singer: Frank Sinatra as Literary Conceit (Greenwood Press, 2002) by Gilbert L. Gigliotti.

The album was the first to be recorded at the then-newly opened Capitol Studios, which are under the Capitol Records Tower.[2]

Track listing

  1. "White" (Victor Young) – 4:14
  2. "Green" (Gordon Jenkins) – 4:05
  3. "Purple" (Billy May) – 4:21
  4. "Yellow" (Jeff Alexander) – 2:38
  5. "Gray" (Alec Wilder) – 4:29
  6. "Gold" (Nelson Riddle) – 3:36
  7. "Orange" (Nelson Riddle) – 4:57
  8. "Black" (Victor Young) – 3:58
  9. "Silver" (Elmer Bernstein) – 4:38
  10. "Blue" (Alec Wilder) – 4:38
  11. "Brown" (Jeff Alexander) – 4:01
  12. "Red" (André Previn) – 3:57

Recording Dates

  • Tracks 1, 7, 8 & 11 were recorded February 22, 1956.
  • Tracks 9 & 12 were recorded February 28, 1956.
  • Tracks 2, 4, 5 & 10 were recorded March 7, 1956.
  • Tracks 3 & 6 were recorded March 15, 1956.
  • All Tracks recorded & engineered by John Palladino.

Personnel

References

  1. Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color at AllMusic
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2019-09-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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