Frank Sinatra - L.A. is My Lady (1984)

CANCIONES
"L.A. Is My Lady" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Quincy Jones, Peggy Lipton Jones) – 3:12
"The Best of Everything" (Fred Ebb, John Kander) – 2:45
"How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" (A. Bergman, M. Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 3:49
"Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul) – 3:44
"It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) – 2:39
"Mack the Knife" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 4:50
"Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols, Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 3:03
"Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:38
"If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 2:36
"A Hundred Years from Today" (Joe Young, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:04
"After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 3:15

MUSICOS
Frank Sinatra - vocals
Harry Lookofsky - Concert Master
Oscar Brashear - trumpet
Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn
Jon Faddis - trumpet
Gary Grant
Joe Newman - trumpet
Alan Rubin - trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
Lew Soloff - trumpet
Snooky Young - trumpet
Jerry Hey - trumpet, arranger
Wayne Andre - trombone
George Bohannon - trombone
Urbie Green - trombone
Lew McCreary - trombone
Benny Powell
Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone
David Taylor - bass trombone
Bill Watrous
Michael Brecker - saxophone
Buddy Collette
Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone
William Green
Kim Hutchcroft
Jerome Richardson
Larry Williams
George Young - saxophone
Frank Wess - saxophone, alto saxophone
Frank Foster - arranger, saxophone
John Clark - french horn
David Duke
Peter Gordon
Sidney Muldrow
Jerry Peel
Henry Sigismonti
Toni Price - tuba
James (Jim) Self - tuba
Margaret Ross - harp
Amy Sherman
George Benson - guitar
Tony Mottola - guitar
Lee Ritenour - guitar
Lionel Hampton - vibraphone
Ray Brown - double bass
Gene Cherico
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Major Holley
Marcus Miller - bass
Neil Stubenhaus - electric bass
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums
Irving Cottler - drums
Steve Gadd - drums
John "J.R." Robinson
Ralph MacDonald - percussion
Sy Johnson - piano, fender rhodes
Joe Parnello piano, arranger, Fender rhodes
Craig Huxley - synthesizer
Ed Walsh
Bob James - synthesizer, electric piano, Fender rhodes
Hilary James - synthesizer, piano, fender rhodes
Randy Kerber - synthesizer, piano, fender rhodes

ARREGLOS
Quincy Jones arranged tracks 1, 5, 7-11.
Torrie Zito arranged tracks 1 & 4.
Dave Matthews & Jerry Hey arranged track 1.
Joe Parnello & Sam Nestico arranged tracks 2-3.
Frank Foster arranged track 6.

FICHA TECNICA
Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor, producer
Joseph d'Ambrosio - production coordination
David Matthews - arranger
Sammy Nestico - arranger
Torrie Zito - arranger
David Smith - engineer
Gus Skinas - engineer, digital engineer
Phil Ramone - engineer, mixing
Jimmy Santis
Stanley Wallace
Allen Sides - engineer, assistant engineer, mixing assistant
Steve Crimmel - engineer, associate engineer
Mark Ettel
Cliff Jones - engineer, associate remixing engineer
Ollie Cotton - associate engineer
Bradshaw Leigh
Roger Nichols - digital engineer, associate engineer
Bernie Grundman - mastering
Lee Herschberg - digital mastering
Don Hahn - remixing
Elliot Scheiner - remixing, assistant engineer, mixing assistant
Alan Berliner - photography
Bill Ross
Ed Thrasher
William Warren
Stan Cornyn - liner notes

COMENTARIO
Es un álbum de estudio de Frank Sinatra con arreglos de Quincy Jones. Fue el último álbum solista que Sinatra grabó. Aunque luego grabó tres canciones nuevas inéditas hasta que se editó "The Complete Studio Recordings Reprise".
Este disco nace luego que un disco de duetos de Sinatra junto a Lena Horne quedara trunco debido a problemas vocales de la cantante.
Seducido por volver a trabajar junto a Quincy Jones, con quien no lo hacía desde 1964, las sesiones fueron filmadas, con un público reducido, y lanzado en 1985 como "Frank Sinatra: Portrait of an Album". El documental muestra a Sinatra en su primer encuentro con Michael Jackson. Eddie Van Halen , Donna Summer y David Lee Roth hacen cameos en el video clip de "LA Is My Lady", que se emitió por la novedosa cadena MTV Network.
A pesar de su título, el álbum fue grabado en New York City y fue la primera vez que Frank grabó "Mack the Knife" y volvió a grabar la voz el 30 de octubre de 1986 para el lanzamiento del álbum en CD. Los músicos que Sinatra nombra son, Quincy Jones, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, George Benson, Joe Newman, Frank Foster y Lionel Hampton.
Sammy Cahn escribió un verso nuevo para "Teach Me Tonight", haciendo referencia a muchos asuntos amorosos de Sinatra.


PUNTUACION
8 puntos