...I did not even hesitate and downloaded the entire collection. Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim??? These are the gods of bossa nova music playing for us mere mortals. DL and enjoy how these two gentlemen (with fantastic arrangements by Claus Ogerman, Eumir Deodato & Don Sebesky) made our existence here on Earth...less painful! WThanks, Tom & Frank & eMusic!!!
After Elvis went into the Army and before the British Invasion, the years 1958-63 were rock's forgotten years. But they were the years that shaped the musical tastes of baby boomers and of acts from the Beatles and Rolling Stones to Bruce Springsteen and the Ramones. Hear the dance sensations, the one-hit-wonders, the girl groups and doo-wop singers, surfers and rockabilly twangers, the birth of Motown, the evolution of R&B into soul and so much… more »
Young Frank. In the span of an artistic career that encompassed six decades, Sinatra's "youth" represents a quarter of that, post-Bing and pre-Elvis, overlapping both in his accession to the throne of American song. The sharkskin persona and Rat Pack genuflect of his later years might overshadow his considerable musicality and innovation as a "saloon" singer - as he liked to think of himself late night gathered around a piano with afterhours pals and a… more »
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-contained artifact. The great records certainly feel that way. But albums are more permeable than solid, their motivations, executions and inspirations informed by, and often stolen from, their peers and forbearers. It all sounds awfully formal, but it's not. It's the very nature of music — of art, even. The Six Degrees features examine the relationships between classic records and five… more »
