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Jazz weekly
d. 8. June 2020
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George W. Harris
d. 8. June 2020
"If you don't have a copy of Frank Sinatra's 1961 Nice 'n' Easy, this 60th Anniversary edition (with three bonus songs) is a great excuse to get it ... It's epitomized by the laid back finger snap of the title track, as well as on the cover with the perfectly toupee'd Blue Eyes leans back in a vintage sweater and smile. All of the songs are from Sinatra's early days, and he simply brings them up to date, mixing nostalgia with Mad Men attitude. He's wonderfully wanderlust on "I've Got A Crush On You" and "Fools Rush In" while coyly bouncing on "Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You") and "Day In-Day Out". As always, Sinatra sounds like he's singing directly to you, cozying up on the couch on "The Nearness of You" and "Embraceable You." No one seduced like Frank".
DownBeat
2020 August
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Allen Morrison
2020 August
"The new stereo mixes are breathtaking, and the bonus material is invaluable: Two session snippets illuminate Sinatra's process in the studio, recording take after take with the full orchestra. There's also an exquisite "The Nearness Of You," the album's original title track ... If you don't get goosebumps when Riddle's strings start to soar beneath Sinatra's vocal on "That Old Feeling," check your pulse".
Record collector
507 (2020 July)
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Charles Waring
507 (2020 July)
"Nineteen-sixty was a watershed year for Frank Sinatra. It was when he founded his own label, Reprise, and released the most commercially succesful LP of his career: the chart-topping Nice 'N' Easy, sublimely orchestrated by Nelson Riddle. Ironically, it came out on Capitol, not Reprise ... The galvanising brilliance of Sinatra's vocal performances transform disparate material into a coherent statement".