Frank Sinatra with Quincy Jones Big Band featuring George Benson

[sheetsofsound]

http://vimeo.com/8061718

[Phil T]

On 3/5/2011 9:37 PM, sheetsofsound wrote:
> http://vimeo.com/8061718
A-1 ! Thanks

[Bg]

On Mar 5, 7:13 pm, Phil T <va...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 3/5/2011 9:37 PM, sheetsofsound wrote:>http://vimeo.com/8061718
>
>   A-1 !  Thanks

Yeah I saw those 3 vids the other day, I thought it was posted here.
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[Paul]

On Mar 5, 7:37 pm, sheetsofsound <jackzuc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://vimeo.com/8061718

No wonder everyone wants to copy Benson's
techniques. He's one of the cleanest, clearest
pickers you'll ever hear. All while extremely melodic....

[Greg/oasysco]

> pickers you'll ever hear. All while extremely melodic....\

GB is da' man. Look at how well he integrated into that big band,
standing out and hanging back where he needed to.

[Kevin Van Sant]

On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 18:37:54 -0800 (PST), sheetsofsound
<jackz...@gmail.com> wrote in message
<dd02b310-db83-4098...@b8g2000vbi.googlegroups.com> :

>http://vimeo.com/8061718

GREAT find!

I'm in the middle of a two week tour with an 11 piece little big bang
at the moment so these clips are particularly inspiring.

________________________________________
Kevin Van Sant

http://www.kevinvansant.com
info, music, videos, etc...

[Tom Walls]

On 3/5/11 9:37 PM, sheetsofsound wrote:
> http://vimeo.com/8061718

That was pretty spectacular. Sinatra says, "Shee-it!"

[bartst...@yahoo.com]

Thanks for posting this. What a room full of talent. Benson’s playing
is outstanding. But while watching him play his solo, his hands going
up and down the neck did not seem to correspond to the soundtrack. Of
course, the view is from behind and it is hard to tell.

[van]

I don't want to copy Benson's "techniques"(sic).
As another poster remarked on the Benson picking thread, there is an
almost country and western sound to his playing on swing stuff like
this (IMHO) that I really try to avoid.
I find the same thing with Rodney Jones, who can play the fucking shit
out of funk things, but like Benson, leaves me cold on swinging stuff
like this. I don't know if it's the picking technique, or their
rhythmic approach to jazz, but I like both players better (Rodney
Jones, especially) when they're playing more funk-oriented jazz.
That said, he still plays great on this track, no matter what you
think of his rhythmic approach. What a band!

[Dan Adler]

On Mar 5, 9:37 pm, sheetsofsound <jackzuc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://vimeo.com/8061718

Benson sounds great, as usual, but Frank Sinatra is KILLING! How does
he come in so cool and calm and just make the whole thing sound like a
relaxed walk in the park!?!?!

-Dan
http://danadler.com

[David J. Littleboy]

Exactly! The arrangement is amazing in its complexity, speed, energy, power;
but Sinatra keeps his cool throughout.

--
David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

[ecj]

Man, Sinatra is just amazing on this. I'm always blown away by his
delivery.

That is one absolutely insane band, though. I had the same reaction
that Sinatra did to that amazing ending, "Shee-it."

[imloafin]

On Mar 5, 9:37 pm, sheetsofsound <jackzuc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://vimeo.com/8061718

Wow, the payroll fees must'a been huge to hire
that crew - have a look at the personnel 'names'!

And, a bunch'a sessions elsewhere were
likely postponed - all the 'A team' players
were workin' on the Sinatra date.

[Tony Mountifield]

In article <dd02b310-db83-4098...@b8g2000vbi.googlegroups.com>,
sheetsofsound <jackz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://vimeo.com/8061718

Is there a released album with this recording on it?

Tony
--
Tony Mountifield
Work: to...@softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk
Play: to...@mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org

[Tom Walls]

On 3/7/11 10:12 AM, Tony Mountifield wrote:
> In article<dd02b310-db83-4098...@b8g2000vbi.googlegroups.com>,
> sheetsofsound<jackz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://vimeo.com/8061718
>
> Is there a released album with this recording on it?
>
> Tony

It's "LA is my lady".

[sheetsofsound]

On Mar 7, 10:12 am, t...@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) wrote:
> In article <dd02b310-db83-4098-9aa0-764da882c...@b8g2000vbi.googlegroups.com>,

>
> sheetsofsound  <jackzuc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >http://vimeo.com/8061718
>
> Is there a released album with this recording on it?

http://www.amazon.com/L-A-Is-My-Lady/dp/B001P1N410/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299512106&sr=8-1

[pmfan57]

I'm pretty sure money was not an issue at that time for the Sinatra
date. This was his big comeback and the record company (which I think
he still owned?) wasn't going to cut corners. In the version of mack
the Knife from this session he even mentions "the Brecker Bros" and
others on the date.

[Tony Mountifield]

In article <il2tur$9si$1...@news.albasani.net>,

Thanks, Tom, and to Jack too.

[335]

I sometimes hear a bit of Hank Harland in GB's playing. George has
acknowledged Hank as an early influence.

[pmfan57]

Not sure about Hank Harland. But I think another guy with a similar
name was an influence on him. GB was influenced by Mr. Garland's
beautiful clean sound and technique.

It also possessed GB to practice absurd amounts of time, even to this
day. That's why he's the monster he is.

[335]

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I went to the JB Institute of Typing. ( No offense Jimmy, just
kidding.)