In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

Chicago Summer Music: Jazz Singer Does Sinatra His Way


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It was a meeting of two 20th-century musical giants: Frank Sinatra and Count Basie. The collaboration, along with Basie’s orchestra, produced Sinatra at the Sands — an album many fans and critics call one of the best concert albums of all time. While performing at the Las Vegas Sands Hotel and Casino, Sinatra swings and croons his way through many of the songs he’s best known for, and the Basie band is absolutely cookin’ under the direction of 33-year-old Chicago native Quincy Jones.  Singer Paul Marinaro, who will recreate the album in a May 12 show with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, joined Morning Shift host Tony Sarabia as part of our summer-long series highlighting Chicago music and musicians.
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