#swing easy!

The album peaked at #3 in the US and sold more than 500,000 copies.

We are visiting Sinatra's albums and being shocked at the sheer magnitude of their versatility. I mean, just check Swing Easy that is another one of his LPs where the songs comprise a certain mood. It is sonically closer to Come Fly With Me than Close To You, since it is lighter. Nonetheless, that does not make it trivial, Sinatra rarely, if ever, went through the motions, he was a true professional. He also liked The Great American Songbook a lot, he sang many pages of it on his records and Swing Easy has an abundance of those. This one in the link is one such standard that was apparently dear to Mr. Sinatra, cause he recorded it again later with another great jazz master. This version is self-effacing without the smugness that usually occurs in such contexts. Sinatra somehow manages to achieve that we laugh with him than at him, even though the situation, described in the dity, is quite depressive, to be honest.

Frank Sinatra - I Love You

"Taking a Chance on Love" by Frank Sinatra Album: Swing Easy! 1954 Arranger: Nelson Riddle Composers: John LaTouche, Ted Fetter, Vernon Duke

“Just One of Those Things” Album: Swing Easy! Year: 1954 Arranger: Nelson Riddle Composer: Cole Porter

Frank Sinatra photographed for the cover of Swing Easy! (1954)

Frank Sinatra photographed for the cover of his album Swing Easy! (1954)