Sinatra At The Sands is a 1966 live album by Frank Sinatra, accompanied by … Read Full Bio ↴Sinatra At The Sands is a 1966 live album by Frank Sinatra, accompanied by Count Basie and his Orchestra, conducted and arranged by Quincy Jones, recorded live at the Copa Room of the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
It was Sinatra’s first live album to be commercially released and contains many definitive readings of the songs that are most readily associated with Sinatra. Sinatra and Basie had previously collaborated on 1962′s Sinatra-Basie and 1964′s It Might As Well Be Swing, with both albums released on Sinatra’s Reprise label.
Allmusic review:
In many ways, Sinatra At The Sands is the definitive portrait of Frank Sinatra in the ’60s. Recorded in April of 1966, At The Sands is the first commercially released live Frank Sinatra album, recorded at a relaxed Las Vegas club show. For these dates at the Sands, Sinatra worked with Count Basie and his orchestra, which was conducted by Quincy Jones. Like any of his concerts, the material was fairly predictable, with his standard show numbers punctuated by some nice surprises. Throughout the show, Sinatra is in fine voice, turning in a particularly affecting version of “Angel Eyes.” He is also in fine humor, constantly joking with the audience and the band, as well as delivering an entertaining, if rambling, monologue halfway through the album. Some of the humor has dated poorly, appearing insensitive, but that sentiment cannot be applied to the music. Basie and the orchestra are swinging and dynamic, inspiring a textured, dramatic, and thoroughly enjoyable performance from Sinatra.
Track listing
01 -- “Come Fly With Me” (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:48
02 -- “I’ve Got A Crush On You” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:44
03 -- “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (Cole Porter) – 3:46
04 -- “The Shadow Of Your Smile” (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:33
05 -- “Street Of Dreams” (Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis) – 2:18
06 -- “One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)” (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:47
07 -- “Fly Me To The Moon” (Bart Howard) – 2:50
08 -- “One O’Clock Jump” (Instrumental) (Count Basie) – 0:55
09 -- “The Tea Break” (Sinatra Monologue) – 11:54
10 -- “You Make Me Feel So Young” (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) – 3:17
11 -- “All Of Me” (Instrumental) (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 3:17
12 -- “The September Of My Years” (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:58
13 -- “Get Me To The Church On Time” (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2:23
14 -- “It Was A Very Good Year” (Ervin Drake) – 4:04
15 -- “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me” (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:21
16 -- “Makin’ Whoopee!” (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:37
17 -- “Where Or When” (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:58
18 -- “Angel Eyes” (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 3:28
19 -- “My Kind Of Town” (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:06
20 -- “A Few Last Words” (Sinatra Monologue) – 2:33
21 -- “My Kind Of Town” (Reprise) – 0:59
Personnel
Frank Sinatra – vocals
Count Basie – piano
Bill Miller – piano
The Count Basie Orchestra
Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor
Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpets
Al Aarons
Sonny Cohn
Wallace Davenport
Phil Guilbeau
Al Grey – trombones
Henderson Chambers
Grover Mitchell
Bill Hughes
Marshall Royal – alto saxophone
Bobby Plater
Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Freddie Green – guitar
Norman Keenan – double bass
Sonny Payne – drums
Album notes
Released: July 1966
Recorded: January 1966 and February 1966
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Classic Pop
Length: 72:36 (mono)
Producer: Sonny Burke
It was Sinatra’s first live album to be commercially released and contains many definitive readings of the songs that are most readily associated with Sinatra. Sinatra and Basie had previously collaborated on 1962′s Sinatra-Basie and 1964′s It Might As Well Be Swing, with both albums released on Sinatra’s Reprise label.
Allmusic review:
In many ways, Sinatra At The Sands is the definitive portrait of Frank Sinatra in the ’60s. Recorded in April of 1966, At The Sands is the first commercially released live Frank Sinatra album, recorded at a relaxed Las Vegas club show. For these dates at the Sands, Sinatra worked with Count Basie and his orchestra, which was conducted by Quincy Jones. Like any of his concerts, the material was fairly predictable, with his standard show numbers punctuated by some nice surprises. Throughout the show, Sinatra is in fine voice, turning in a particularly affecting version of “Angel Eyes.” He is also in fine humor, constantly joking with the audience and the band, as well as delivering an entertaining, if rambling, monologue halfway through the album. Some of the humor has dated poorly, appearing insensitive, but that sentiment cannot be applied to the music. Basie and the orchestra are swinging and dynamic, inspiring a textured, dramatic, and thoroughly enjoyable performance from Sinatra.
Track listing
01 -- “Come Fly With Me” (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:48
02 -- “I’ve Got A Crush On You” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:44
03 -- “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (Cole Porter) – 3:46
04 -- “The Shadow Of Your Smile” (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:33
05 -- “Street Of Dreams” (Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis) – 2:18
06 -- “One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)” (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:47
07 -- “Fly Me To The Moon” (Bart Howard) – 2:50
08 -- “One O’Clock Jump” (Instrumental) (Count Basie) – 0:55
09 -- “The Tea Break” (Sinatra Monologue) – 11:54
10 -- “You Make Me Feel So Young” (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) – 3:17
11 -- “All Of Me” (Instrumental) (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 3:17
12 -- “The September Of My Years” (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:58
13 -- “Get Me To The Church On Time” (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2:23
14 -- “It Was A Very Good Year” (Ervin Drake) – 4:04
15 -- “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me” (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:21
16 -- “Makin’ Whoopee!” (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:37
17 -- “Where Or When” (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:58
18 -- “Angel Eyes” (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 3:28
19 -- “My Kind Of Town” (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:06
20 -- “A Few Last Words” (Sinatra Monologue) – 2:33
21 -- “My Kind Of Town” (Reprise) – 0:59
Personnel
Frank Sinatra – vocals
Count Basie – piano
Bill Miller – piano
The Count Basie Orchestra
Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor
Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpets
Al Aarons
Sonny Cohn
Wallace Davenport
Phil Guilbeau
Al Grey – trombones
Henderson Chambers
Grover Mitchell
Bill Hughes
Marshall Royal – alto saxophone
Bobby Plater
Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Freddie Green – guitar
Norman Keenan – double bass
Sonny Payne – drums
Album notes
Released: July 1966
Recorded: January 1966 and February 1966
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Classic Pop
Length: 72:36 (mono)
Producer: Sonny Burke
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Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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Mike
on The Lady Is A Champ
She gets too hungry for dinner at eight
She can't eat late and stay up all night, because unlike society types, she has to get up in the morning.
She likes the theatre and never comes late
She cares more about seeing the play than being seen making an entrance.
She never bothers with people she'd hate
Her friends are friends, not social trophies.
Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls
While barrns and earls probably don't play craps, she associates with friends, not people to be seen with.
Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
She doesn't "slum", the practice of the rich in the 30's, when the song was written, of touring poor neighborhoods dressed in rich clothes to "tut, tut" about the deplorable conditions, and congratulate each other for "caring about the poor"
Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
Doesn't trade gossip for acceptance among an in-crowd
She likes the free, fresh wind in her hair
She cares more about how her hair feels than conforming with current hair fashions
Hates California, it's cold and it's damp
Since most of California is noticeably warmer and / or drier than New York, where the play the song was written for is set, this is probably a facetious excuse to like what she likes.
And she won't go to Harlem in Lincoln's or Ford's
Another reference to slumming, but facetious, since Lincolns and Fords were middle-class, not luxury brands when the lyric was written
Anonymous
on Try a Little Tenderness
Here are the correct lyrics
Try A Little Tenderness - Frank Sinatra - Lyrics
Oh she may be weary
Women do get wearied
Wearing that same old shabby dress
And when she’s weary
You try a little tenderness
You know she’s waiting
Just anticipating things she’ll may never possess
While she is without them
Try just a little bit of tenderness
It’s not just sentimental
She has her grieve and her care
And the words that soft and gentle
Makes it easier to bear
You wont regret it
Women don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness
And it’s all so easy
Try a little tenderness
Musical Interlude
And, it’s all so easy
Try a little tenderness
Daniel
on The Way You Look Tonight
I met Frank Jr. in Las Vegas, a real gentleman. RIP you both.
Giorgi Khutashvili
on Theme from New York, New York
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