Francis A. & Edward K.

Francis A. & Edward K. is an album by Frank Sinatra with Duke Ellington and his big band.

Francis A. & Edward K.
Studio album by
Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellington
Released1968
RecordedDecember 11 – 12, 1967, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
GenreVocal jazz
Length35:14
LabelReprise
FS 1024
ProducerSonny Burke
Frank Sinatra chronology
The World We Knew
(1967)		 Francis A. & Edward K.
(1968)		 Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits
(1968)
Duke Ellington chronology
...And His Mother Called Him Bill
(1967)		 Francis A. & Edward K.
(1968)		 Yale Concert
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Recording and music

The original intention was to record a mix of standards and originals, but only one original, Ellington's "I Like the Sunrise", was used.[1] The arrangements were written by Billy May.[2] All of the performances are at a slow tempo except "Come Back to Me".[1]

Release and reception

Francis A. & Edward K. was released by Reprise Records.[2] The AllMusic reviewer wrote that both Sinatra and the Ellington band gave uneven performances;[1] however, HiFiStereo Review gave it a "Best Of The Month" review in the May 1968 edition, in which reviewer Peter Reilly observed, "Two fine musicians at the peak of their powers have made an album twice as youthful and carefree and unpretentious as most people less than half their age."

Track listing
  1. "Follow Me" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:56
  2. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 4:15
  3. "All I Need Is the Girl" (Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne) – 5:01
  4. "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) – 4:14
  5. "I Like the Sunrise" (Duke Ellington) (from Ellington's Liberian Suite (1947)) – 5:02
  6. "Yellow Days" (Álvaro Carrillo, Alan Bernstein) – 5:00
  7. "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) – 4:29
  8. "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Lerner) – 3:22

Personnel

Among others, non-credited.

References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Frank Sinatra / Duke Ellington: Francis A. & Edward K." AllMusic. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  2. Morgenstern, Dan (2014). "Ellington in the 1960s and 1970s: Triumph and Tragedy". In Green, Edward (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington. Cambridge University Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-521-88119-7.
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