![]() ![]() Sinatra's a total musician in the sense that he's not just a singer he's a passionate, dedicated, effective searcher who wants to be in control of all the action. Every take is different, he approaches each in a slightly different way. John Zorn: There are inside records, which are outtakes, from both the Capitol and Reprise years and on them, you hear take after take of Frank Sinatra and in a sense, he's just as creative an improviser as Charlie Parker. ![]() Tommy LiPuma: Miles told me that on Porgy and Bess, he wanted his trumpet to sound like Sinatra. He's one of the few cats who spanned all these different generations and always projected amazing glow, like Miles Davis did, in a very similar way. Frank Sinatra emerged in the late '30 and '40s, alongside Billie Holiday and Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster.Sinatra's sound, his voice, had the same meaning and impact as the great improvisers and players of the tenor saxophone. Joe Lovano: His personality, his feeling, his tone. His musicality, his timing, his creativity.įred Hersch: Great phrasing, great breath control. John Zorn: There are so many things about him. Sinatra has touched many lives and for this tribute, we spoke with a cross section of people from the world of jazz. A man who has enriched American music with countless superior recordings of many classic standards and provided the soundtrack for much of this century. Listening to his recorded legacy, an incredible body of work that spans 1939 to 1994, there can be little doubt that Sinatra is the single greatest interpreter of American popular song-the one performer who elevated what he referred to as "saloon singing" to a high art. New musical fads and trends have come and gone during his lifetime but this man and his music have remained at the forefront of American culture for nearly half a century. He has faced triumph, failure and triumph again throughout his long career as an entertainer. He transformed the songs of the great writers into something personal by the sincerity of his performance Sinatra actually seemed to believe the words he was singing. Like Elvis Presley, the next singer to experience mass adulation, Frank Sinatra developed a unique white-blues style, supple enough to express the wide range of his own turbulent emotions. His ability to produce long, flowing musical lines unbroken by pauses for breathing, his subtle use of the vocal techniques more commonly found in the opera and classical idioms, and his manipulation of phrasing, reminiscent of Billie Holiday, set him far above the average pop singer. ![]() The Voice will focus on his music, although any Sinatra story is really about much much more.įrank Sinatra went from teen idol to living legend, and, without formal training, developed a highly sophisticated style. Our homage to the Chairman of the Board a.k.a. Later this year, Hofstra University will play host to a Frank Sinatra Conference for in-depth scholarly discussions on all aspects of his life and impact including his recordings, the dynamics of courtship and love in his songs, his film and television career, his multigenerational influence, his politics and involvement with the civil rights movement, his part in the subculture of Las Vegas casinos, his philanthropy, his effect on society and even his work as a painter. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail."įrank Sinatra turned 83 last December and as the 20th Century draws to a close, we offer this tribute to a man whose impact on our popular culture has been profound. Frank Sinatra-Through The Lens Of Jazz Frank Sinatra-Through The Lens Of Jazzīy Bret Primack, May 1998 JazzTimes Magazine "Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing-if I respect the song. ![]()
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