Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris
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| Live album by Frank Sinatra | |||||
| Released | March 22, 1994 | ||||
| Recorded | June 5, 1962 | ||||
| Genre | Classic pop | ||||
| Length | 71:18 | ||||
| Label | Reprise Records | ||||
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Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris is a live album by American singer Frank Sinatra, recorded in 1962 but released in 1994 by Reprise Records.
An earlier, non-commercial edition of this concert was released in late 1992, albeit with two fewer songs than the twenty five in this set. It was only the third live album ever officially released of Sinatra, after 1966's Sinatra at the Sands and 1974's The Main Event – Live.
It was his first concert he ever performed in Paris, France. The album is unique in that it is an entire unedited concert of Sinatra. Although certainly considered one of the greatest performers of the twentieth century, his weaknesses can be evident in the performance, including dropping words in songs, stumbling through a few lines, and clearing his throat. It's not an album Sinatra would've released at the time (at least not in this form), so it can be considered an important historical document.
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[edit] Concert Background
After being snubbed by President Kennedy earlier that year, the Sinatra brain trust decided to take a tour of international capitals to benefit children's charities to polish his apparently tarnished image, which eventually went to thirty dates in two months, starting on April 15 in Mexico City and ending June 17 in Monte Carlo. The concert here was recorded on June 5, near the end of the tour.
Guitarist Al Viola stated in the liner notes of the album that, since the band was gathered on such short notice, they never rehearsed with Sinatra for the tour. Much of the band had already performed with him on previous albums with the same arrangements, so he never felt rehearsals were necessary.
[edit] Commentary
There are a few comments he makes between songs that could be considered risqué in today's modern politically-correct world. Such moments include when he introduces his standard "One for My Baby" to the French audience, explaining the young man in his song:
- "It's obvious what his trouble is: Girls. Cherche la femme (Look for the girl). Which means in French Why don't you share the broad with me?"
He also remarks after "Ol' Man River": "That song is about Sammy Davis's people. And dis is a song about my people," moving into "The Lady Is A Tramp".
He jokes through some of his vocal issues, commenting once to "avoid the pre-show onion soup" and another time that he's "gotta stop sleepin' in the park."
[edit] Track listing
- Introduction by Charles Aznavour – 1:04
- "Goody Goody" (Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer) – 1:11
- "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:25
- "At Long Last Love" (Cole Porter) – 2:12
- "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:33
- "Without a Song" (Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu) – 2:36
- "Day In, Day Out" (Rube Bloom, Mercer) – 2:35
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Porter) – 2:49
- "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Porter) – 2:58
- "The Second Time Around" (Sammy Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:41
- "Too Marvelous for Words" (Mercer, Richard A. Whiting) – 1:37
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:49
- "In the Still of the Night" (Porter) – 3:18
- "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. Harburg) – 2:30
- "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You" (Page Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan, Larry Stock) – 3:53
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 1:48
- "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" (Fred Fisher) – 2:07
- "Night and Day" (Porter) – 4:19
- "I Could Have Danced All Night" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 2:43
- "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Harold Arlen, Mercer) – 5:45
- "A Foggy Day" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:15
- "Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:33
- "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:44
- "I Love Paris" (Porter) – 1:39
- "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Phil Silvers, Van Heusen) – 2:14
- "Come Fly with Me" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:00
[edit] Personnel
- Frank Sinatra - Vocals
- Bill Miller - Piano
- Al Viola - Guitar
- Ralph Peña - Bass
- Irv Cottler - Drums
- Emil Richards - Vibraphone
- Harry Klee - Alto Saxophone, Flute
