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Frank with a lot of help from his friends
There are a lot of reviews here already, and they cover a lot of ground, so i'll stick to my highlights. First of all, this video catches Frank in complete control of his whole way of singing. Considering he was in his fifties, his voice is in excellent shape, and his phrasing, and in particular his sense of swing are at a level no other pop singer could touch. The way he sings the opener, "Day In, Day Out" never fails to give me goosebumps - he swings so hard! Some other highlights are "Change Partners" (particularly in the last section where he works the same note up and down in octaves), and "At Long Last Love" (the end of the first section, where he absolutely belts out the words "is what I feel the real mccoy"). Secondly, the guest are equally brilliant. For me, Ella's highlights are in the final section - her scatting through "Stompin' At The Savoy", and her masterpiece version of "Don't Be That Way". The section with Jobim is the perfect change of pace, although it's too short (I would have liked an entire chorus of "I Concentrate On You", not the half chorus presented). And lastly, maybe you have to be musician to really appreciate this, but the bass player on this video is the great Ray Brown (Ella's ex husband), and he really drives the music. He plays the intro to "Get Me To The Church On Time" (off camera - the guy on camera is miming, and not very well), and has some great moments on "What Now My Love" and "At Long Last Love", among many others. In my opinion, all these factors make this DVD an indispensable part of the Sinatra legacy

Numero Uno
What else is there to say? The greatest entertainer of the 20th Century if not all time? He could act with the best, dance with the best and sing with the best. My father (who passed away) was friends with the late Jilly Rizzo( a close friend of Sinatra's) and once rented a 3rd floor apartment which was located above Jilly's Bar on 52nd Street in Manhattan to my dad. Jilly had rented the apartment to my dad (who was an attorney and knew Jilly from the "old" neigborhood in Brooklyn), for $200 a month in 1964. Bill St. Clair, a WWII buddy of my fathers (from the aircorps)from Boston lived in the apartment when he was appearing at Jilly's as a piano player and singer. My father and mother used the apartment when they were out on the town and Bill was on the road. Another friend of my father once told me that Sinatra knew my father by his first name and that if you were in the same room with Sinatra, he was just another guy in the room and didn't want to be treated any differently. Sinatra had always been very polite and gracious. Sinatra never forgot where he came from in terms of his humble beginnings. Fame didn't go to his head like it has done for so many lesser talents. Sinatra singing with Jobim and Ella is Classic. True talent like theirs does not exist anymore, at least I don't see it. This DVD is a must buy for any Sinatra fan. Sinatra was the Best!