All Sinatra. All Night.
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- Dean Martin |
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Frankie Baby! is the swinging, sassy, jazzy, big band
orchestra tribute to the most beloved American popular singer, "Ol'
Blue Eyes", Francis Albert Sinatra. More than simply a tribute
to "The Voice" and his music, Frankie Baby!
is an impressive musical homage to the brilliant composers and masterful
arrangers who created the fabulous glamorous Frank Sinatra jazz, swing,
big band sound.
With painstaking attention to detail, Frankie Baby! recreates
the excitement of the post-Ava Gardner Frank Sinatra era, with all of
its romantic Hollywood elegance and irreverent "Rat Pack"
Vegas sass. So, put on your finest duds and favorite dancing shoes,
because it's all Sinatra, all night. Ring-a-ding-ding!
Exciting, Glamorous, Romantic Frank Sinatra Repertoire
Listen to mp3 music samples and view the 500+ Frank Sinatra repertoire list.
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"A talent like Sinatra comes along once in a lifetime. Why did it have to be in my lifetime?" - Bing Crosby |
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Impeccably rehearsed and flawless in its execution, Frankie Baby!
performs an impressive repertoire of 500+ classic Frank Sinatra songs
and arrangements, from the 1950's and early 1960's.
Included in this definitive collection of Frank Sinatra favorites are
memorable songs by the greatest American jazz, swing and big band composers
including George and Ira Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Lorenz Hart, Jerome
Kern, Cole Porter, Oscar Hammerstein, Ruth Lowe, Jules Styne, Sammy
Cahn, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen, Harold Arlen,
Johnny Mandel, Ray Noble, Cy Coleman, Bart Howard, Frank Loesser, Jimmy
McHugh, Henry Mancini, Alec Wilder, Hoagy Carmichael, Burt Bacharach,
et al.
As important as the songs are to the Frank Sinatra legacy, it is actually
the modern jazz-tinged, swing, big band music arrangements which created
his distinctive and unforgettable sound. Accordingly, Frankie
Baby! features "charts" by the most important Frank
Sinatra arrangers including Axel Stordahl, George Siravo, Sy Oliver,
Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Gordon Jenkins, Heinie Beau, Johnny Mandel,
Don Costa, Neal Hefti, Quincy Jones, Ernie Freeman, Torrie Zito, et
al.
The World's Finest Jazz, Swing, Big Band Vocalists and Musicians
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FAMOUS NICKNAMES FOR
FRANK SINATRA |
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Ol' Blue Eyes
The Voice Chairman of the Board Frankie Boy Swoonatra The Bony Baritone The Innkeeper The Swing-Shift Caruso The Lean Lark The Groovy Galahad |
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Frankie Baby! features the world's finest, professional,
recording and touring jazz, swing, big band musicians and vocalists
- no amateurs, "weekend part-timers", "bar lizards"
or "Top 40 wedding band clones". Carefully auditioned and
selected from an elite pool of performers, our world-class jazz, swing,
big band musicians and vocalists have diligently rehearsed the classic
Frank Sinatra music arrangements from the 1950's and early 1960's. Consequently,
Frankie Baby! is the only Frank Sinatra tribute band which
masterfully recreates this magical golden era in American popular dance
music. If you're a fan of the "Chairman of the Board", then
it just doesn't get any better or more genuine than Frankie Baby!
For example, our New York Frank Sinatra band musicians regularly perform
with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Tony Bennett; our Chicago
Frank Sinatra band works with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble and Etta James;
our Los Angeles Frank Sinatra band performs with the Playboy Jazz Festival
Orchestra and Natalie Cole; our San Francisco Frank Sinatra band works
with Ramsey Lewis; our Boston Frank Sinatra band performs with Michael Bublé;
our Washington DC Frank Sinatra band works with Pat Metheny; our Dallas
Frank Sinatra band performs with Joe Henderson; our Phoenix Frank Sinatra band performs
with Bobby McFerrin; our Miami Frank Sinatra band works with Ron Carter;
our Orlando Frank Sinatra band performs with the Brecker Brothers; our
Atlanta Frank Sinatra band works with McCoy Tyner; our Toronto Frank Sinatra
band works with Harry Connick, Jr.; our Montreal Frank Sinatra band
performs with Toots Thielemans; our London Frank Sinatra band works
with Al Jarreau; our Paris Frank Sinatra band performs with Diana Krall; our Nice
Frank Sinatra band works with Herbie Hancock; our Madrid Frank Sinatra
band works with John Scofield; our Barcelona Frank Sinatra band performs
with Kenny Barron; our Lisbon Frank Sinatra band works with Charlie
Haden; our Milan Frank Sinatra band performs with Stanley Clarke; our
Rome Frank Sinatra band works with Ahmad Jamal; our Berlin Frank Sinatra
band performs with Abbey Lincoln; our Munich Frank Sinatra band works
with Joshua Redman; our Zurich Frank Sinatra band performs with Cassandra
Wilson; our Vienna Frank Sinatra band works with Arturo Sandoval; our Hong Kong
Frank Sinatra band works with Cleo Lane; and our Cape Town Frank Sinatra band works
with Norah Jones.
Impeccable References
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FAMOUS ROMANTIC AFFAIRS
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Frankie Baby! performs for important corporate, association, government, society and bridal events throughout Asia, Europe, the USA, Canada, South America, the Caribbean and Africa.
Frankie Baby! performed at the '96 Centennial Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Our acclaimed Frank Sinatra tribute band has entertained important international political dignitaries including former South African President Nelson Mandela, German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and Chief Executive of Hong Kong Donald Tsang; comedy legends Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, Steve Martin and Bill Crosby; and US political dignitaries including Presidents George Herbert Bush and Jimmy Carter, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell.
And given its classic, romantic, elegant repertoire, Frankie Baby! is the favored wedding band of sophisticated discriminating bridal couples worldwide.
View list of our most important clients.
29 Worldwide Locally-Based Versions
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In the tradition of multiple versions of hit Broadway shows (e.g., Cirque du Soleil and Lion King), there are now 29 identical versions of Frankie Baby! in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC, Dallas, Austin, Phoenix, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Toronto, Montreal, London, Paris, Nice, Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Milan, Rome, Berlin, Munich, Zurich, Vienna, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Cape Town.
All 29 versions of Frankie Baby! are impeccably rehearsed; and the musicians in the respective orchestras perform exactly the same repertoire of proprietary music arrangements. Consequently, it is virtually impossible to distinguish one excellent band from another.
Classic Big Band, Swing and Jazz Orchestra Instrumentation
The personnel for the standard 14-piece version of Frankie Baby! includes:
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3 lead vocalists (male and female) |
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electric jazz guitar / acoustic nylon string jazz guitar |
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acoustic upright wooden bass |
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electric keyboards |
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vibes |
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drums |
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lead "screech" trumpet and flugelhorn |
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second trumpet and flugelhorn |
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trombone |
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tenor / soprano saxophones, clarinet and flute |
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alto / baritone / tenor saxophones, and flute |
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baritone / alto / tenor saxophones, bass clarinet and flute |
Optional: Interactive "Swing Kids" Dance Troupe
We also produce an outstanding professional interactive "Swing Kids" Dance Troupe, which is available for "Meet and Greet" during your cocktail reception; for informal dance instruction during the evening; and for choreographed performances with the orchestra.
