This live recording from Las Vegas finds Sinatra fully in his element. An artist of his caliber certainly needs no contextualizing element in order to come across, but you'd be hard pressed to find a better medium for Sinatra's message. Vegas in the '60s was a center of unabashed showmanship, slightly crass elegance and a bourbon-drinking, dice-rolling, pre-boomer-generation sensibility--a perfect setting to bring Sinatra's music out of the abstract and into the realm of flesh and blood. At the Sands, the center of Vegas nightlife, Sinatra is the unchallenged king, and on this album he wears the crown with grace. And, naturally, he swings.
Listen to his lengthy mid-set comedy monologue, where stories of drinking, gambling, dame trouble and his rat-pack cronies are shared with the audience in a kind of unspoken accord. Listen to his off-handed ribbing of Basie and his musicians, as if they were the Sunday-through-Wednesday house band. SINATRA AT THE SANDS is the sound of a man feeling his oats. For further proof, consult the Basie-powered versions of "One For My Baby," "My Kind Of Town" and "I've Got You Under My Skin" contained herein.
The 1998 re-issue of SINATRA AT THE SANDS includes a previously unreleased version of "Luck Be A Lady" that was left off the original LP release due to time restrictions.
Personnel includes: Frank Sinatra (vocals); Quincy Jones (conductor); Count Basie & The Orchestra. Includes liner notes by Stan Cornyn. All tracks have been digitally remastered.
- Format: Vinyl, 2 LP
- Genre: Jazz
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Track Listing:
A1 Come Fly With Me
A2 I've Got A Crush On You
A3 I've Got You Under My Skin
A4 The Shadow Of Your Smile
A5 Street Of Dreams
A6 One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
B1 Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
B2 One O'Clock Jump (Instrumental)
B3 "The Tea Break" (Monologue)
B4 You Make Me Feel So Young
C1 All Of Me (Instrumental)
C2 The September Of My Years
C3 Get Me To The Church On Time
C4 It Was A Very Good Year
C5 Don't Worry 'Bout Me
C6 Makin' Whoopee! (Instrumental)
D1 Where Or When
D2 Angel Eyes
D3 My Kind Of Town
D4 "A Few Last Words" (Monologue)
D5 My Kind Of Town (Reprise)
