Duets Ii (1994)
| Artist: Frank Sinatra |
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
1. For Once in My Life ~ Frank Sinatra
2. Come Fly With Me ~ Frank Sinatra
3. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered ~ Frank Sinatra
4. Best Is Yet to Come, The ~ Frank Sinatra
5. Moonlight in Vermont ~ Frank Sinatra
6. Fly Me to the Moon ~ Frank Sinatra
7. Luck Be a Lady ~ Frank Sinatra
8. Foggy Day, A ~ Frank Sinatra
9. Where or When ~ Frank Sinatra
10. Embraceable You ~ Frank Sinatra
11. Mack the Knife ~ Frank Sinatra
12. How Do You Keep the Music Playing?/My Funny Valentine: How Do You Keep The Music Playing? / My Funny Valentine ~ Frank Sinatra
13. My Kind of Town ~ Frank Sinatra
14. House I Live in, The (That's America to Me) ~ Frank Sinatra
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
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| Personnel includes: Frank Sinatra (vocals); Stevie Wonder (vocals, harmonica, piano); Antonio Carlos Jobim (vocals, piano); Gladys Knight, Jon Secada, Linda Ronstadt, Crissie Hynde, Willie Nelson, Luis Miguel, Patti LaBelle, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Lena Horne, Jimmy Buffett, Lorrie Morgan, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Neil Diamond (vocals); Ron Anthony (guitar); Arturo Sandoval (trumpet); Bill Miller, Terry Trotter (piano); Clay Ostwald (keyboards); Chuck Berghofer (bass); Gregg Field (drums); Rita Quintero, Jorge Noriega (background vocals); Charlie Pollard, Paolo Jobim, Juanito Marquez, Edwin Bonilla, Jorge Casas, Ed Calle. | |
| Includes liner notes by Bill Zehme. | |
| DUETS II won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance. | |
| Personnel: Frank Sinatra (vocals); Stevie Wonder (vocals, harmonica, piano); Ron Anthony (guitar); Arturo Sandoval (trumpet); Terry Trotter, Bill Miller (piano); Clay Ostwald (keyboards); Gregg Field (drums); Rita Quintero, Jorge Noriega (background vocals). | |
| Audio Mixer: Eric Schilling . | |
| Liner Note Author: Bill Zehme. | |
| Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Clinton Recording Studio, New York, NY; Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, FL; Hit F; Hit Factory, NY. | |
| Director: Patrick Williams. | |
| Illustrator: Andy Engel. | |
| Unknown Contributor Roles: Ed Calle; Jorge Casas; Juanito Marquez; Antonio Carlos Jobim; Edwin Bonilla; Charles Pollard. | |
| Arrangers: Don Costa; Frank Foster ; Johnny Mandel; Nelson Riddle; Patrick Williams; Quincy Jones; Billy Byers; Billy May. | |
| Even as Tony Bennett soars atop the charts, riding the crest of a phenomenal youth revival, The Chairman Of The Board, The Sultan Of Saloon Singers himself, swaggers back to the microphone for a series of cross-generational duets. DUETS II honors his timeless stylings, while celebrating the greatness of the American song itself. | |
| With a hip, ad-libbed intro from composer Stevie Wonder (on piano and chromatic harmonica) setting the stage, "For Once In My Life" juxtaposes the swing and gospel stylings of Sinatra and a Pip-less Gladys Knight. Likewise, R&B diva Patti LaBelle provides a near-operatic counterpoint on Rodgers & Hart's "Bewitched." On a more tender note, Sinatra and Lena Horne turn Gershwin's "Embraceable You" into an autumnal paean to true love, while Linda Rondstadt brings a frosty, delicate sense of sentimentality to her harmonies on "Moonlight In Vermont." | |
| Among the more curious pairings are a laid-back "A Foggy Day" with Willie Nelson, a sassy exchange with Chrissie Hynde on the GUYS AND DOLLS showstopper "Luck Be A Lady," and a flagwaving "The House That I Live In" with Neil Diamond. But a pairing of Sinatra, Sr. with Frank Sinatra, Jr. provides the real fireworks on DUETS II: a hard-swinging rendition of Van Heusen & Cahn's "My Kind Of Town," with brassy charts by Sinatra's favorite arranger, Nelson Riddle. Riddle tosses in a tasty figure from Basie's famous "April In Paris" chart as a closing tidbit. | |
Producer: Hank Cattaneo; Phil Ramone |
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Engineer: Csaba Petocz; Paul Cartledge; David Reitzas; Eric Schilling; Don Hahn; Ed Rak; Frank Wolf; Rick Southern; John Aquilino; R.R. Harlan; George Massenburg; Bill Cavanaugh; Geraldo Fernandes de Souza, Jr.; T-Bone Demmar; Jay Healy; John Patterson; Al Schmitt; |
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Musical Guests | |
| Antonio Carlos Jobim | |
| Gladys Knight | |
| Stevie Wonder | |
| Neil Diamond | |
| Linda Ronstadt | |
| Chrissie Hynde | |
| Willie Nelson | |
Compilation Appearances
Associated Artists and Works
Technical Info
| Release Date : 11/15/1994 | |
| Original Release Date : 1994 | |
| Catalog ID : 28103 | |
| Label : Capitol | |
| Number of Discs : 1 | |
| Studio/Live : Studio | |
| Mono/Stereo : Stereo | |
| SPAR Code : n/a | |
| UPC : 00724382810322 |













