A Man And His Music

Frank Sinatra - A Man And His Music

I´ve Got You Under My Skin
Without A Song
Don´t Worry About Me
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Nancy
My Kind Of Town

Medley:
It Was A Very Good Year- Young At Heart- The Girl Next Door- Last Night When We Were Young

This Is All I Ask
I´ve Got The World On A String
Witchcraft
You Make Me Feel So Young

Format: Color, Closed-captioned
Studio: Wea/Warner Bros.
DVD Release Date: September 21, 1999
Run Time: 50
DVD Features: Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)

Review

A MAN AND HIS MUSIC & ELLA & JOBIM

Together with the magnificent Ella Fitzgerald and Brasilian Bossa-Nova musician Antonio Carlos Jobim this television special was taped the first three days of October 1967.

This show is the highlight of the DVD series released by Warner, Frank is in top voice and sings and swings without any limit. He's not that much concentrated on the cameras around him as he was in the earlier shows, he acts freer and more naturally. The show starts with an unbelievable rhythmic "Day In - Day Out" and Frank continues with a fresh interpretation of "Get Me To The Church On Time", a song he unfortunatelly never recorded in studio. On "What Now My Love" he uses the Riddle chart, which sounds richer compared to the arrangement by Ernie Freeman. Another highlight of the show is the great standard by Oscar Hammerstein II, "Ol' Man River". His lyrical interpretation, due to his mimik and gestures, and the ability to carry the note on the line "and in jail / I get" proves in what great condition Sinatra was during the taping of the show.
Ella Fitzgerald has a short solo part with "Body And Soul" and "It's Alright With Me" and afterwards she joins Frank for a first musical intermezzo. Both glide through the songs with wit and charm and finally, they deliver a haunting beautiful rendition of "Goin' Out Of My Head". This up-tempo, energy-bursting part is followed by a much slower and smoother medley with Antonio Carlos Jobim. Those four songs Sinatra already recorded for his 1967 album with Jobim have rhythm and create (despite the plain studio setting) a latin-american atmosphere. After the last guitar chords fade, it's once again Frank and Ella. The great finale consists of great songs and great interpretations. Eventually, Frank and Ella duet on the classic "The Lady Is A Tramp" and there's never been a version more emotional and vigorous. It's quite understandable that Sinatra, after Ella finished the song, states: "I think I hurt myself!"

Written by Marc Rothballer, 2006

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