Sinatra and Swingin' Brass

This is the first time Sinatra worked with arranger/composer Neal Hefti on an album project, following a single-only session that took place in April 1962.

For Sinatra and Swingin' Brass, the singer re-recorded a number of songs he had previously recorded for Capitol.

8:00 to 11:30 P.M. Al Porcino, Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Gerald Wilson (tpt); Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Frank Rosolino, Lew McCreary (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Ben Webster, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/ wwd); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Al McKibbon (b); Earl Palmer (d); Neal Hefti (arr).

8:00 to 11:30 P.M. Al Porcino, Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Gerald Wilson (tpt); Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Frank Rosolino, Lew McCreary (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Joe Maini, Harry Klee, Ben Webster, Plas Johnson, Chuck Gentry (sax/wwd); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Al McKibbon (b); Earl Palmer (d); Neal Hefti (arr).

9 P.M. to 12 M. Cappy Lewis, Uan Rasey, Mannie Klein, Shorty Sherock (tpt); Dick Noel, Tom Shepard, Vernon Friley (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, John Cave, Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw (fr-h); Harry Klee (sax/fl); Arthur Gleghorn (fl); William Kosinski, Gordon Schoneberg (oboe); Hugo Raimondi (sax/cit); Mitchell Lurie (cit); Charles Butler (b-clt); Chuck Gentry (sax/b-clt); Donald Christlieb, Lloyd Hildebrand (bsn); Justin Gordon, Plas Johnson (sax); Erno Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Israel Baker, Joachim Chassman, Gerald Vinci, Nathan Ross, Alex Beller, Victor Bay, Anatol Kaminsky, Arnold Belnick, Paul Shure, Joe Stepansky, Victor Arno, James Getzoff, Davida Jackson, Lennie Malarsky (vln); Paul Robyn, Stanley Harris, Allan Harshman, Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Neiman (via); Ray Kramer, Justin DiTullio, David Pratt, Armand Kaproff, Margareth Aue, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Eddie Gilbert (tuba/b); Mike Rubin, Peter Mercurio (b); Mel Lewis (d); Frank Flynn (cym/mallets); Emil Richards (tymp); Nelson Riddle (arr).