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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra and Antônio Carlos Jobim

Composer
Borodin
Released
1967
Label
Reprise Records
Forces
Vocal, Orchestra

Sinatra sang so quietly during these sessions that he joked he had not sounded like that since suffering laryngitis. Claus Ogerman’s arrangement lets the Borodin-derived Broadway tune enter Jobim’s world without raising its voice, and the finished album was nominated for Album of the Year alongside Sgt. Pepper.

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The originalsBorodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D major, II. Scherzo
Jazzed upBaubles, Bangles and Beads
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  1. Baubles, Bangles and BeadsBorodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D major, II. Scherzo