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Been dragging this one out

4/28/2020

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Been a few days since I posted a new one, sorry. There were a lot of elements I was trying to get right on this one, and I tore it down more than once.

This is a favorite song. Sid Mark often plays Frank Sinatra Jr.'s version on his "Sounds of Sinatra" program. Considering he left us far too soon, the lyrics are particularly poignant, I'm guessing for both the host and listener.

Frank Jr.'s version was on his final studio effort, 2006's "That Face." I think his voice had really found itself on that album, though, according to the Allmusic review he later expressed regret — he recorded it while being treated for prostate cancer and felt the vocals were not up to snuff.

Regardless, it helps to have arrangements by Nelson Riddle and Don Costa, and he had also directed the orchestra for his father's performances for a good many years. There were some top-notch players in the orchestra, including Bill Watrous and Carl Fontana. So I think it is a good effort.

My version is a combination of chords built off a piece of sheet music and processed through iReal, then imported into GarageBand. Some of the additional effects were written in iWriteMusic.

I'm beginning to find as much as GarageBand offers for free, there are things I wish it could do better, and the sounds lean a little to far to creating pop riffs. I mat have to start looking into alternatives. But I've learned enough I may have to go back and rework earlier efforts.

Anyway, I'm grateful for the listen. As always, be kind, and keep creating.
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    Chris has been involved with big band, jazz and dance bands for over 30 years in central and southeastern Pennsylvania, the Washington DC metro region and the four-state area of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. A multi-instrumentalist, Chris has also performed in symphonic bands, brass quintets, orchestras and pit orchestras. He has served as a featured vocalist with the Swing Fever Dance Band and Brooks Tegler Big Band. Chris served as president of the Swing Fever Dance Band in 2002 and was a founding member of the Sound Advice Big Band. Chris is open to all opportunities and genres of music, and is happy playing any book in a section.

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    WITH THE SWING FEVER DANCE BAND
    ​Instruments: Trombone, trumpet, vocals, valve trombone, superbone, flugelhorn, mellophone and euphonium.

    Interests/Experience: Big Band, Dance Band, Lab Band, Small Group Jazz, Swing, Trad/Hot Jazz, Western Swing, Great American Songbook, Barbershop, Harmony Groups, Rock, R&B, Soul, Funk, Country, Eclectic, Symphonic Bands, Orchestras, Pit Orchestra

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    • Sunnybrook Ballroom, Pottstown, PA
    • Long’s Park, Lancaster, PA
    • Pat Garrett Amphitheater, Strausstown, PA
    • Mid-Atlantic Air Museum World War II Weekend, Reading, PA
    • Olympian Ballroom, West Reading, PA
    • SS John Brown/Project Liberty Ship
    • MS Sovereign of the Seas, Royal Caribbean
    • Spanish Ballroom Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD
    • Blues Alley, Washington, DC
    • Weinberg Center for the Arts, Frederick, MD
    • Carter Barron Amphitheatre, Washington, DC
    • George Washington Hotel, Winchester, VA
    • National World War II Reunion on the Mall, May 27-30, 2004
    • Apollo Civic Theatre, Martinsburg, WV
    • The Old Opera House, Charles Town, WV

    Jazz Ensembles:
    • Sound Advice Big Band – Trumpet, Trombone and co-director
    • Swing Fever Dance Band – Trumpet, Trombone and Vocals
    • The Let’s Dance Orchestra – Trumpet and Trombone
    • The Brooks Tegler Big Band – Trumpet, Trombone and Vocals
    • For Dancers Only – Trombone
    • Swingin' Harmony - Trombone
    • Yesterday Swing Orchestra - Trombone
    • The Jordan English Jazz Orchestra– Trombone
    • Brass Impact brass quintet - Trombone

    Recordings: Swing Fever Dance Band: Something to Swing About: 20 Years of Swing Fever
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