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Sinatra - with James Chadwick

AN EVENING WITH "Ol' BLUE EYES"

True legends stand the everlasting test of time: Jimmy Hendrix, John Lennon, Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly. Sadly all have passed away and in the year of 1998 yet another all time legend followed: SINATRA!!
Never to return for more encores 'Not So' says James Chadwick!

James has captured Sinatra's evergreen lyrics, blended them with Gordon
Jenkins marleresque to the superb swing shift scores of Nelson Riddle and also combining the Big Band sound of Count Bassie.

With nostalgic reverence, James portrays the Sinatra songbook with such classics as 'Tender Trap', 'My Way', 'Love And Marriage' and of course the 'Old Blue Eyes' anthem 'New York New York'.

Although Sinatra is primarily famous for his work with various Big Bands and performing with arrangers such as Nelson Riddle, he was known to play many more intimate venues with much smaller instrumental ensembles, such as quartets, quintets and sextets. With arrangements brought to you by piano, double bass, guitar, organ,
drums and sax/clarinet accompanying the vocal line, this sextet is small enough to recreate this intimate sound, yet versatile enough to suggest the swing and feel present in his most famous recordings.

The late 90's saw a massive resurgence in the music of Sinatra, with re-release on CD a selection of albums, one of which was 'Duets' which had massive success around the world. Then into the new Millennium with entertainers such as Robbie Williams and the release of "Swing When Your Winning" following the success of his sell-out concert at The Albert
Hall, were he proved the Swing sounds still live on. Also Rod Stewart's"As Time Goes By" bringing us his own individual renditions of the 'Rat Pack Swing' nostalger trip.

James was first brought to national attention when he reached the finale of ITV's "Stars In Their Eyes" in 1997. Since then he has performed up and down the country in numerous venues, with his 'Big Swing Band' and appeared on a variety of TV shows, both in the UK and abroad. His relaxed sound and vibe is equally at home in theatres, hotels, restaurants or corporate functions and is more versatile still with his sextet band.

James not only has an uncanny resemblance of the Legend, but also shares the same birthday as Sinatra, December the 12 and feels some sort of infinity with the great man 'Francis Albert'.

Here is your chance to rekindle the memories, with our salute to Sinatra, with the masterfully accurate vocals of ' James (Sinatra) Chadwick' and his 'Swing Sextet'. "Frank Sinatra, the voice of the last century"