Seth MacFarlane has released a new album titled Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra, featuring a collection of unreleased songs from Frank Sinatra’s golden era.
The project stems from a personal and musical journey that saw MacFarlane gain access to rare Sinatra arrangements through a close friendship with the Sinatra family.
During a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, MacFarlane recalled how his admiration for big band and film score music led him to Sinatra’s work. “If you take his vocal out of a lot of his recordings it sounds like he's singing to a film score,” he explained. Through this connection, he became friends with Frank Sinatra Jr. and later with Tina Sinatra, who offered him access to a vast archive of original charts.
“When Frank Jr passed away the stewardship of Sinatra's library of charts moved on to her,” MacFarlane said. “She asked if I would like to acquire it and I said absolutely.” Among thousands of charts, about 100 songs were found that Sinatra never recorded, many from 1958 to the early 1960s.
These songs now make up The Lost Sinatra, showcasing orchestrations that maintain the classic sound of Sinatra’s most iconic years.
Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra is available now.
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