DUETS was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, and "I've Got A Crush On You" (Patrick Williams/Nelson Riddle, arrangers) was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals.
When you blaze as deep and wide a path in this world as Frank Sinatra, you're bound to gain admirers from all avenues on the musical map. Consequently, when Sinatra decided to put out the call for potential duet partners, everyone from Aretha to Julio to U2's Bono leaped at the chance to lend their voice. Considering the eclectic group of guest artists involved, the arrangements are remarkably consistent, and the potential egofest is eschewed in deference to Sinatra's artistry.
Though the tunes tackled here are associated immediately with the Sinatra canon, many of them receive an unexpected twist. Among the most unusual is the surreal, David Lynch feel of the Sinatra/Bono "I've Got You Under My Skin," with Bono's haunting wail contrasting Sinatra's gruff pragmatism. Surprisingly, one of the most effective collaborations here is with an instrumentalist, perhaps just because it gives Sinatra's voice that much more room to roam; "One For My Baby," adorned by Kenny G's sax filigrees, has never rung truer. In the winter of his years, Sinatra invests the standard with an unprecedented pathos, regret and emotional devastation. It's perhaps his finest recorded moment of the decade, and makes DUETS instantly worth the price of admission.
- Format: Vinyl, 2 LP
- Genre: Jazz, Pop
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Track Listing:
Duets
A1 Frank Sinatra Duet With Luther Vandross– The Lady Is A Tramp
A2 Frank Sinatra Duet With Aretha Franklin– What Now My Love
A3 Frank Sinatra Duet With Barbra Streisand– I've Got A Crush On You
A4 Frank Sinatra Duet With Julio Iglesias– Summer Wind
A5 Frank Sinatra Duet With Gloria Estefan– Come Rain Or Come Shine
A6 Frank Sinatra Duet With Tony Bennett– New York, New York
A7 Frank Sinatra Duet With Natalie Cole– They Can't Take That Away From Me
B1 Frank Sinatra Duet With Charles Aznavour– You Make Me Feel So Young
Frank Sinatra Duet With Carly Simon Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry / In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
B2.a – Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
B2.b – In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
B3 Frank Sinatra Duet With Liza Minnelli– I've Got The World On A String
B4 Frank Sinatra Duet With Anita Baker– Witchcraft
B5 Frank Sinatra Duet With Bono– I've Got You Under My Skin
Frank Sinatra Duet With Kenny G (2) All The Way / One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
B6.a – All The Way
B6.b – One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
Duets II
C1 Frank Sinatra Duet With Gladys Knight And Stevie Wonder– For Once In My Life
C2 Frank Sinatra Duet With Luis Miguel– Come Fly With Me
C3 Frank Sinatra Duet With Patti LaBelle– Bewitched
C4 Frank Sinatra Duet With Jon Secada– The Best Is Yet To Come
C5 Frank Sinatra Duet With Linda Ronstadt– Moonlight In Vermont
C6 Frank Sinatra Duet With Antonio Carlos Jobim– Fly Me To The Moon
C7 Frank Sinatra Duet With Chrissie Hynde– Luck Be A Lady
D1 Frank Sinatra Duet With Willie Nelson– A Foggy Day
D2 Frank Sinatra Duet With Steve Lawrence (2) And Eydie Gorme*– Where Or When
D3 Frank Sinatra Duet With Lena Horne– Embraceable You
D4 Frank Sinatra Duet With Jimmy Buffett– Mack The Knife
Frank Sinatra Duet With Lorrie Morgan How Do You Keep The Music Playing? / My Funny Valentine
D5.a – How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
D5.b – My Funny Valentine
D6 Frank Sinatra Duet With Frank Sinatra, Jr.*– My Kind Of Town
D7 Frank Sinatra Duet With Neil Diamond– The House I Live In (That's America To Me)
