The Chairman from Ipanema

April 16, 2010 By Mike Duquette — No Comments

Frank Sinatra. Antonio Carlos Jobim. Two great musical tastes that taste great together. Ol’ Blue Eyes brought his inimitable voice to the smooth bossa nova compositions of Jobim in 1967 with the LP Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, in which the two teamed up on Jobim’s best tracks (“The Girl from Ipanema,” “How Insensitive”) and some great standards as well (Berlin’s “Change Partners,” Porter’s “I Concentrate on You”). Four years later, another Sinatra-Jobim session yielded one side of the 1971 release Sinatra & Company.

Now, on May 4, all the Sinatra-Jobim tracks (including a few hard to find offerings) will be available on one compilation. Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings is the first American compilation of these 20 great hits (a Brazillian double-LP, Sinatra-Jobim Sessions (1979), had 19 of these tracks and two bossa nova cuts not featuring Jobim).

Pre-order from Amazon and have a look at the tracks after the jump.

Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim – Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings

The Girl from Ipanema (Gârota De Ipanema)
Dindi
Change Partners
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)
Meditation (Meditacão)
If You Never Come to Me
How Insensitive (Insensatez)
I Concentrate on You
Baubles, Bangles and Beads
Once I Loved (O Amoren Paz)
The Song of the Sabia
Drinking Water (Agua de Beber)
Someone to Light Up My Life
Triste
This Happy Madness (Estrada Branca)
One Note Samba (Samba de Uma Nota So)
Don’t Ever Go Away (Por Causas de Voce)
Wave
Off Key (Desafinado)
Bonita

Tracks 1-10 originally released as Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (Reprise FS-1021, 1967)
Tracks 11-20 intended as Sinatra-Jobim (cancelled 8-track – Reprise 8FJ-1028, 1970)
Track 11 later released as non-LP B-side to “Lady Day” single (Reprise 0970, 1970)
Tracks 12-18 later released on Sinatra & Company (Reprise FS-1033, 1971)
Track 19 later released on The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (Reprise 46013-2, 1998)
Track 20 later released on U.K. compilation Portrait of Sinatra: 40 Songs from the Life of a Man (Reprise K 64039, 1977)

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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, having written at and worked for all three major catalogue music labels and contributing to Allmusic, Billboard, Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Classic Rock. He's penned liner notes for Verve, Chess, Mondo and Soul Music Records.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with his wife, a cat named Ravioli, twin daughters and a large yet tasteful collection of music.