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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim | 
 enlarge | Artist: Frank Sinatra
Creator: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
New (3) Used (2) from $29.99
Rating:  114 reviews
Sales Rank: 34964
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.8 x 0.4
MPN: 46948
UPC: 093624694823
EAN: 0093624694823
ASIN: B000006OBR
Release Date: May 26, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | The Girl From Ipanema | | • | Dindi | | • | Change Partners | | • | Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars | | • | Meditation | | • | If You Never Come To Me | | • | How Insensitive | | • | I Concentrate On You | | • | Baubles, Bangles And Beads | | • | Once I Loved |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
Multitalented Brazilian musician Jobim's talent was revealed to a larger world in 1959 by his and Luis Bonfa's score for the film Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) in 1959. Songs such as "A Felicidade" and "Desafinado" generated the bossa nova movement of the early '60s that inspired the likes of Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, and Miles Davis. This 1967 album features Jobim sharing vocals with Sinatra on "The Girl from Ipanema" and "How Insensitive." Three standards--"Change Partners" by Irving Berlin; "I Concentrate on You" by Cole Porter; and Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Alexander Borodin's "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads"--round out the program of seven Jobim tunes. This is a lovely taste of Latin melody and rhythm from two masters of relaxed swing. --Stanley Booth
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 Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim February 18, 2008
What a combination! Smooth Frankie and the romantic latin of Jobim. Meltingly romantic as well as elegant, sophisticated and seductive. Just add champagne, candlelight and a loved one.
 Fashionable for the sixties.. dreary for the oughties January 28, 2008
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this record in the sixties when I thought Sinatra could do no wrong. I hadn't heard it for decades until I bought the cd fron Amazon- big mistake! The older I get, the more I realise Sinatra's best recording years by far were at Capitol. Even if the song or arrangement were second rate, you still got the honey dripping warmth in The Voice. This is a prime example of FS in the sixties- floundering about, not certain of his material in the face of rock and roll. These were the years of recording Rod Mckuen, Winchester Cathedral,Watertown etc. ending with the execrable Duets. The man couldn't not record and subsequently we have lots of records with a much diminished voice. The Jobim albums are badly dated- his whispering voice has no distinguishing qualities and the arrangments are horrible(excepting the three non-Jobim tracks). On some tracks,Ogerman has the orchestra just stop playing. No drama, no Riddle-esque style. Apart from Ring a Ding Ding, Sinatra and Strings (far and away his best Reprise album), Concert Sinatra, the first Basie album and Sinatra and Swingin' Brass, nothing else is worth buying from his Reprise years, and the Jobim effort is among the worst.
Smooth January 3, 2008
Have beautiful memories of "Quiet Nights"--what do young lovers use for mood music these days? This album is definitely one of Sinatra's best collaborations and one I never tire of.
GREAT FOR JOBIM AND SINATRA FANS December 22, 2007
This is cool, smooth and romantic and though it is soft and gentle swings like mad. Perfect for night at home as a couple with some nice wine and...Great stuff.
Smooth and elegant November 11, 2007
Sinatra and Jobim collaborated during the height of the bossa nova craze in 1967, producing a classic album. Sinatra was in rare form, eschewing the upbeat swing phrasings for a smooth vocal style so liquid that it seems to pour from the speakers. He and Jobim perform seven classic Jobim numbers and a trio of standards. Standouts include "Once I Loved," "Dindi," and "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars."
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