Steve Tyrell - Songs of Sinatra
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Artist: Steve TyrellEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-11-08
Music Label: Hollywood Records
Soundtracks:
- I Get A Kick Out Of You
- I Concentrate On You
- Fly Me To The Moon
- Witchcraft
- In The Wee Small Hours
- The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
- (I've Got You) Under My Skin
- Bewitched Bothered And Bewilderedn
- Night And Day
- All The Way
- Nice 'N' Easy
- Something Stupid
- All Of Me
- You Go To My Head
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Free Music Review: Strikingly Awesome!
Hit: 5 Stars
"The Songs of Sinatra are like members of my family. Growing up in our Italian family, my Mom and Dad idolized and constantly played the recordings of Frank Sinatra. Since I was a little boy, they have played an important role in my life and always fill my heart with warmth and affection." ~ Steve Tyrell ~
I could relate to Steve Tyrell and like him, I grew up hearing Frank Sinatra's music from my late father's collection and learned to appreciate his music at an early age. This is one of the best Frank Sinatra tributes ever recorded. I'm so ecstatic about the sweet renaissance of standards that has been taking place in the music scene now. It's so nice to hear fresh interpretations of these evergreens with new flair, style and arrangements. My appreciation to Steve Tyrell for being one of the key figures in bringing back these standards made popular by the legendary Entertainer of the Century, Frank Sinatra. What a way to pay tribute to the most-loved singer of all-time.
I was with a group of friends at a dinner/concert of Steve Tyrell at the Catalina Jazz Club two weekends ago and totally enjoyed his performances. One of my friends who hadn't heard of Steve Tyrell became an 'instant fan' saying - "I fell in love with his voice and his style of singing" and she thanked me for introducing Mr. Tyrell's music to her. After the awesome concert, we all were happy-campers knowing that we had "samples" of some of the songs included in 'yet-to-be-released' album at that time. He performed to perfection with a terrific back-up band the very best of Sinatra songs such as Alan and Marilyn Bergman's "Nice 'N' Easy," Cole Porter's "I Concentrate On You," "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "I Get A Kick Out Of You," Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered" and Bob Hilliard and David Mann's "In The Wee Small Hours." In between his performances, he shared some interesting anecdotes about him and his music. He also acknowledged the presence of Tina Sinatra and thanked her for being one of the people responsible for making this superb recording possible.
This album delights us with fourteen of my all-time favorite Sinatra staples. My personal favorites include "Fly Me To The Moon," featuring the fantastic trumpet of Clark Terry and arranged by Quincy Jones based on Sinatra's original recording. The second track "I Concentrate On You," featuring Hillary Kole on background vocals has the loveliest Bossa Nova arrangement by Bob Mann and the string section was arranged and conducted by Alan Broadbent. His performances on "All The Way," "Night And Day" and "All Of Me" are simply breathtaking.
The fabulous duets with Frank Sinatra, Jr. "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else," and with his daughter, Lauryn Tyrell "Something Stupid" are two of the highlights of this recording.
I would single out "You Go To My Head" as my absolute favorite from this collection. With his gentle and retire-the-trophy treatment of this gem by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie and featuring Roy Hargrove on flugelhorn, this track could easily be my all-time favorite version.
"You go to my head
And you linger like a haunting refrain
And I find you spinning 'round in my brain
Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne. . .
. . . You go to my head
With a smile that makes my temperature rise
Like a summer with a thousand Julys
You intoxicate my soul with your eyes."
Listening to all these beautiful standards with stunning interpretations and arrangements has left me wishing that he would record some more of my all-time favorite Sinatra songs such as Glenn Miller/Mitchell Parish classic "Moonlight Serenade," Bud Green/Michael Edwards "Once In A While," Johnny Mandel/Paul Webster "The Shadow Of Your Smile" and Mack Gordon/Edmund Goulding "Mam'selle," to suggest a few. "Songs of Sinatra, Volume II" coming up?
I highly recommend this strikingly awesome CD for your listening pleasure always and forever!
* * * * *TEN STARS* * * * *
Songs of Sinatra Poster
As its title indicate, this CD sees popular vocalist Steve Tyrell pay tribute to the Sinatra songbook, and pretty much every track is a famous nugget closely identified with the Chairman of the Board. That Tyrell is no Sinatra is a given, but the combination of his slightly hammy delivery and old-school arrangements makes this perfect bourbon and leather-armchair music--familiar and comfortable. Three of the songs ("Fly Me to the Moon," "The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else" and "Something Stupid") reproduce the original orchestrations--and really, how can you go wrong with those?--while the others boast cushy new ones by Bob Mann, Alan Broadbent or Count Basie arranger Sammy Nestico. In his press notes, Tyrell remarks that "Nice and Easy" features "the most modern of all the arrangements on the album," but fear not: It sounds exactly like the others, and modernity here only means extra-velvety strings and super-relaxed horns. Echoing the pairing of Frank and Nancy Sinatra on the original, Tyrell sings "Something Stupid" with his daughter Lauryn, though she seems to be pushed behind in the mix and is barely audible. But hey, Frank didn't like sharing the spotlight either! --Elisabeth VincentelliBroadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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