Latin for Lovers, the Bossa Nova songs of Doris Day and Frank Sinatra, with a 23-piece orchestra and very special guest Lizzie Ball
It’s the mid-1960s and the musical world is under the spell of the sun-drenched rhythms of the Bossa Nova. Brazilian genius Antonio Carlos Jobim has been crowned the King of the Bossa, having composed many iconic melodies such as The Girl From Ipanema, Meditation, Corcovado and Desafinado. Record companies have all the major stars recording albums featuring these beautiful tales of love and loss – none bigger than Doris Day and Frank Sinatra.
Day’s beautiful 1965 offering Latin For Lovers was followed, in 1967, by Sinatra’s pairing with Jobim himself. Both albums were full of sumptuous strings and gentle percussion accented by warm, lush woodwinds and brass.
Orchestrator and conductor Ian Bateman meticulously transcribed the albums. Vocalist Clare Teal plays Doris Day, while Denny Ilett steps into Sinatra’s shoes. Lizzie Ball is our special guest on violin and vocals, and a 23-piece orchestra from Opera North also joins us, to accompany Teal and Ilett on Jobim classics such as The Girl From Ipanema, How Insensitive, and Corcovado. These sit seamlessly with Bossa renditions of such Great American Songbook staples as Fly Me To The Moon, Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps, and Change Partners.
Clare Teal Vocals
Denny Ilett Vocals
Lizzie Ball Vocals and violin
Jim Watson Piano
Simon Little Bass
Dave Archer Guitar
Will Cleasby Drums / Percussion
Gui Tavares Guitar
Richard Pite Drums / Percussion
Anthony Kerr Vibraphone / Marimba /Glockenspie
Ian Bateman Orchestrator and conductor
