Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings

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For the first time in over three decades, the Frank Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim recordings are now together in The Complete Reprise Recordings, the most comprehensive compilation of the Sinatra/Jobim sessions yet. The re-mastered classics of the two late musical legends include "Dindi," "How Insensitive," "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars," and of course, "The Girl from Ipanema," a Jobim masterpiece covered by numerous colleagues such as pianist Vince Guaraldi. In addition to those, there are three new bonus tracks on this reprise that allow for a new compositional spark that perfectly compliment the jazz standards that Jobim arranges in his distinct Brazilian bossa nova style. The Complete Reprise Recordings are a must-have for any collector, and a new lifestyle for dedicated Sinatra/Jobim fans. Sinatra's voice has been heard around the world, and as it is matched flawlessly with the compositional genius of Antonio Carlos Jobim, his fame will continue to grow more than a decade after his passing.

Title Tracks for Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings

1. The Girl From Ipanema [GÃ¢rota de Ipanema]
2. Dindi
3. Change Partners
4. Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars [Corcovado]
5. Meditation [MeditacÃ£o]
6. If You Never Come To Me
7. How Insensitive [Insensatez]
8. I Concentrate On You
9. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
10. Once I Loved [O Amoren Paz]
11. The Song Of The Sabia
12. Drinking Water [Aqua de Beber]
13. Someone To Light Up My Life
14. Triste
15. This Happy Madness [Estrada Branca]
16. One Note Samba [Samba de Uma Nota So]
17. Don't Ever Go Away [Por Causas de Voce]
18. Wave
19. Off Key [Desafinado]
20. Bonita

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124 of 134 people found the following review helpful

Not perfect - stereo image narrowed, May 7, 2010

Harry Gene Neyhart "hgn2001" (Sunny Central Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings (Audio CD)

This title has long been wanted by fans, yet sadly, this Concord release does not quite live up to that expectation. My initial thoughts when listening in the car on the way home from the store where I bought the disc was that the disc sounded great and that the mastering sounded pretty good.

Later on, at home, with more time and better hardware to critically examine the disc, it became clear that the new disc wasn't all it could be. Yes, the songs are all there in all their glory; yes, the reverb was toned down from prior releases; but something was not quite right.

Digging out the old LPs and CDs of this material, I found the situation getting clearer. One thing that immediately jumped out at me was the narrowing of the stereo on many of the tracks. To me, the old late '60s style of stereo separation was something to be enjoyed. Just like on the old Beatles records, certain placements of sounds in the hard right or hard left are simply part of the...Read more

74 of 82 people found the following review helpful

Warning: May impart chills, take breath away, even in small doses, May 4, 2010

Mark Blackburn (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings (Audio CD)

Ask any serious Sinatra fan to "name your `Top 5' albums by your favorite singer" and "SINATRA/JOBIM" is almost certain to make their list. (In fact, it's `Number 6' on mine, and I own 70 Sinatra CDs!)

This newly re-mastered CONCORD edition comprises TWO albums, plus some bonus tracks some of us had not heard before (at least not till recently -- on SiriuslySinatra satellite radio). The `previously unreleased' rarities include "SONG OF THE SABIA" and "BONITA."

Though it didn't merit a mention in the "Amazon Product Description," close to half these wonderful songs were orchestrated/conducted by Brazil's Eumir Deodato, shortly before his own, instrumental, `solo' career really took off, (selling millions of albums in the early 70s as the acknowledged precursor of today's "soft jazz").

[Like the other gifted arranger featured here, Polish-born Claus Ogerman, Eumir Deodato is alive & well (living in Rio) and still happily arranging for other artists. And...Read more

97 of 109 people found the following review helpful

Great music, Awful Sound, May 5, 2010

Matt Lutthans (Marysville, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings (Audio CD)

I love the music on this CD, and have in the many editions I've purchased over the years. My beef is with 1.) The sonics on this new (and poor sounding) remix, and 2.) the five (yes five) chosen-for-artisitic-reasons edits that were in the original mixes that were ignored when the remix was put together, meaning now we get to hear "warts" that could easily have been worked around, just as they were on the previous mix. (The painfully obvious one: the wrong bass note at 2:24 in Corcovado.)

If you listen on a boom box or iPod, the new CD will prove to be a perfectly fine source. If you listen critically, stick with the previous CD issues. The convenience of a single disc here is a nice feature, but the sound? Not so much.