Tom, I grew up singing to Frank Sinatra albums. In his key! My favorite when I was a girl was Frank Sinatra the Capitol Years. I was always a fan, even throughout his well-documented shenanigans.
That was great, thanks. Growing up - and to this day - with the exception of Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald, I have trouble appreciating what snotty punk me used to dismissively call "Frank Sinatra music." Your breakdown and these very human, exciting clips shed new light that I'll try to keep in mind the next time I'm confronted with big band vocal music, or whatever a more respectful name might be. (Of course insulting an entire genre of music with one artist's name does count for a backhanded compliment, right?)
Thanks! I get it -- so much big band music w/ vocal has that stylized feel. Somehow Sinatra eludes that at every phase of his career; the early stuff (Dorsey etc) feels looser and more alive than most of the contemporaneous big band stuff.
Tom, I grew up singing to Frank Sinatra albums. In his key! My favorite when I was a girl was Frank Sinatra the Capitol Years. I was always a fan, even throughout his well-documented shenanigans.
That was great, thanks. Growing up - and to this day - with the exception of Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald, I have trouble appreciating what snotty punk me used to dismissively call "Frank Sinatra music." Your breakdown and these very human, exciting clips shed new light that I'll try to keep in mind the next time I'm confronted with big band vocal music, or whatever a more respectful name might be. (Of course insulting an entire genre of music with one artist's name does count for a backhanded compliment, right?)
Thanks! I get it -- so much big band music w/ vocal has that stylized feel. Somehow Sinatra eludes that at every phase of his career; the early stuff (Dorsey etc) feels looser and more alive than most of the contemporaneous big band stuff.
Amen!