A Tribute to Frank Sinatra

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Passionate new recordings by L.A. based jazz supergroup The Blue Dahlia. Including Sinatra classics 'New York, New York', 'The Way You Look Tonight', 'Night And Day' and 'All The Way'. 12 tracks in all. The Blue Dahlia are Athan Maroulis (Spahn Ranch), Skip Heller (collaborator with Yma Sumac, Katy Moffatt and Big Sandy) and DJ Bonebrake (X) among others. Standard jewel case housed in a slipcase. 2001 release.

Tracks:

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Here's That Rainy Day
Gone But Not Forgotten
Love For Sale
I Thought About You
You're All We Want To Be
Night And Day
Body And Soul
Just In Time
Going Home

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Those who know the story of pianist Jimmy Amadie should recognize that "In A Trio Setting" represents not only an artistic triumph but a veritable miracle of will. Amadie, whose career in the 1950s and '60s involved work with such jazz luminaries as Red Rodney and Mel Tormé, has spent the years since virtually incapable of touching his instrument. He suffers from acute tendonitis, an inflammation of the tendons that marks every note he plays with searing pain. As a result, Amadie, who often keeps his hands in braces, has rarely been heard at the keys. Although a prominent presence in jazz education (his harmonic concepts have gained faithful adherents worldwide), the man has barely played in public at all over the past 40 years.

Amadie's previous albums -- the fine solo piano outings "Always With Me" and "Savoring Every Note", in 1996 and '98 -- were assembled piecemeal, painstakingly, track by track. HIs newest release involved an even more rigorous process, taking a full five years to complete. The crucial difference between this and previous efforts is apparent in the title: "In A Trio Setting" documents Amadie's first-ever record leading an ensemble. How that ensemble came to be is a story in itself.

Yet pathos is never the point of Amadie's music. Hear his crystalline touch and buoyant swing on "Love For Sale", and you forget that the man has suffered. Listen to the tender harmonic strokes of "Gone But Not Forgotten", and pain is the last thing on your mind. Ultimately, "In A Trio Setting" is a document not of anguish but overwhelming joy -- the joy of playing, and of hearing music articulated so beautifully, after all these years of silence. So even as Amadie admits he'll soon be heading back to the hospital for more treatment, he enthuses about the results of his labor. "these tuens are live", Amadie says with unconcealed glee. "You can't take that back."

David Osborne Plays a Tribute to Frank Sinatra
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The Best of David Osborne

David Osborne Plays a Tribute to Frank Sinatra
David Osborne
Manufacturer: North Star
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The Best of David Osborne.......2003-04-10

We have some 6 or more CD's of David Osborne and think this one is the best. He is an excellent pianist, and we are looking forward to furthur releases.

Let's Be Frank: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra

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"love affair with the music of Frank Sinatra"

Let's Be Frank: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007SMD
Release Date: 1998-06-30

Tracks:

(Love Is) The Tender Trap - Ella Fitzgerald With Toots Camarata
The Second Time Around - Mel Torme
Strangers In The Night - Jack Jones
Just One Of Those Things - Oscar Peterson
My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker
It Was A Very Good Year - Lou Rawls
All The Way - Billie Holiday
Softly As I Leave You - Matt Monro
The Lady Is A Tramp - Buddy Greco
(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know - Carmen McRae
Love And Marriage - The McGuire Sisters
Young At Heart - Cleo Laine
I Thought About You - Dinah Washington
Let's Get Away From It All - Della Reese
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning - Johnny Hartman
My Way - Paul Anka

Customer Reviews:

"love affair with the music of Frank Sinatra".......2000-04-29

The price of the CD is worth it's weight in gold to hear various artists perform Sinatra's material. None of the selections are meant to sound like Sinatra, but give thanks to an entertainer who was fortunate enough to sing and record with some of the best arrangers in the business. Frank brought to the surface many tunes that were good and he made them classics.

We have Ella Fitzgerald opening with "THE TENDER TRAP", never better - "THE SECOND TIME AROUND" has Mel Torme with his smooth "velvet fog" style - "STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT" gives Jack Jones something to sing about - "SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU" leaves Matt Monro singing this sentimental ballad - "IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING" was simply brighter with vocal by Johnny Hartman - composer Paul Anka has his way singing "MY WAY".

A pure delight from Hip-O Records is this compilation. This is a love affair in song with the best of the best, singing songs made popular by the "chairman of the board" - Sinatra!

Total Time: 49:16 on 16 Tracks/ Hip-O Records - HIPD 40112 (1998)

Instrumental Tribute to Frank Sinatra
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Instrumental Tribute to Frank Sinatra
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Manufacturer: Uni/Northsound
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ASIN: B00000FCI6
Release Date: 1998-10-20