Celebrating Sinatra

Celebrating Sinatra is a 1996 studio album by American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano released by the Blue Note label.^[6][7][8] Lovano leads a fifteen-piece ensemble playing some of Sinatra's most famous songs.

Celebrating Sinatra
Studio album by Joe Lovano
Released	1997
Recorded	June 2–3, 1996
Studio	Clinton Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:08:58
Label	Blue Note CDP 7243 8 37718 2 0
Producer	Joe Lovano
Joe Lovano chronology
Rush Hour (1995) Celebrating Sinatra (1997) Tenor Time (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Tom Hull	B+[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]
Uncut	[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'll Never Smile Again"	Ruth Lowe	5:11
2.	"Chicago"	Fred Fisher	3:58
3.	"I'm a Fool to Want You"	Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf	4:30
4.	"Imagination"	Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen	6:55
5.	"I've Got the World on a String"	Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler	4:18
6.	"All the Way"	Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen	5:32
7.	"South of the Border"	Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy	5:18
8.	"In Other Words"	Bart Howard	3:53
9.	"I've Got You Under My Skin"	Cole Porter	4:18
10.	"This Love of Mine"	Hank Sanicola, Sol Parker, Frank Sinatra	7:19
11.	"Someone to Watch over Me"	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	5:00
12.	"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)"	Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer	4:00
13.	"The Song Is You"	Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern	8:46
Total length:			01:08:58

Personnel

Musicians

• Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
• George Mraz – bass (tracks: 1, 3–13)
• Michael Rabinowitz – bassoon (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 12)
• Erik Friedlander – cello (tracks: 1, 3, 5–6, 8–9, 11–12)
• Manny Albam – conductor (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 12)
• Al Foster – drums
• John Clark – French horn (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 12)
• Emily Mitchell – harp (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 12)
• Kenny Werner – piano (tracks: 1, 3–6, 8–13)
• Billy Drewes – soprano saxophone, clarinet (bass) (tracks: 1, 3, 5–6, 8–9, 12)
• Ted Nash – tenor saxophone, clarinet (tracks: 1, 3, 5–6, 8–9, 11–12)
• Dick Oatts – tenor saxophone, flute (tracks: 1, 3, 5–6, 8–9, 11)
• Tom Christensen – tenor saxophone, oboe, English horn (tracks: 1, 3, 5–6, 8–9, 11–12)
• Lois Martin – viola (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 12)
• Mark Feldman – violin (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 12)
• Sara Parkins – violin (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 12)
• Judi Silvano – vocals (soprano) (tracks: 1, 3, 5–6, 8–9, 11–12)

Production

• Joe Lovano – producer
• James Farber – engineer