Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color is a 1956 album of short tone poems by eight notable mid-20th century Hollywood composers.
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Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | February 22 - March 15, 1956 | |||
Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
Genre | Easy listening, light classical | |||
Length | 43:59 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Voyle Gilmore | |||
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The album was conducted by Sinatra and marked the first musical collaboration between Sinatra and Gordon Jenkins. Each composition was inspired by the poetry of Norman Sickel.
A chapter discussing the album, "The Colors of Ava: Tone Poems of Color and the Painful Measure of Sinatra's Passions," appears in A Storied Singer: Frank Sinatra as Literary Conceit (Greenwood Press, 2002) by Gilbert L. Gigliotti.
The album was the first to be recorded at the then-newly opened Capitol Studios, which are under the Capitol Records Tower.[2]