Francis A. & Edward K.

Francis A. & Edward K.
Studio album by Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellington
Released	1968
Recorded	December 11 – 12, 1967, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	35:14
Label	Reprise FS 1024
Producer	Sonny 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)

Francis A. & Edward K. is a 1968 studio album by Frank Sinatra with Duke Ellington and his big band.

This was the first time that Sinatra had worked with Ellington and the sessions were finished on Sinatra's fifty second birthday.

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) – 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

• Frank Sinatra - vocals
• Billy May - arranger, conductor
• Duke Ellington - Piano
• Cootie Williams - Trumpet
• Cat Anderson - Trumpet
• Jimmy Hamilton - Clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Paul Gonsalves - Tenor saxophone
• Johnny Hodges - Alto saxophone
• Russell Procope - Alto saxophone, clarinet
• Harry Carney - Baritone saxophone
• Lawrence Brown - Trombone
• Jeff Castleman - Double Bass
• Sam Woodyard - Drums

Among others, non-credited.

• Sonny Burke - Producer
• Lee Herschberg - Engineer
• Ed Thrasher - Art direction

External links

• Allmusic review link