[r9etb]

Another thing about Frank was his rythms -- there was nothing at all straightforward about it. I once read a column by a guy who was talking about it -- just try to sing along with him, and stay with him. "I've Got You Under My Skin" is a prime example -- he stretches some notes, compresses others, and gives the song a bounce that mere mortals can't match.

Peter Sinatra, who toward the end led Frank's orchestra, talked about this: it was always a challenge to match up the orchestra with what Frank was doing.

And finally, those horn sections ....

[GOPrincess]

If you haven't read them yet, the books by Charles Granata and Will Friedwald on Sinatra's recordings/recording sessions are great.

My husband plays trombone...he comments from time to time on the brass, etc., when we're listening :). He's also spent some time studying a couple of Riddle's arrangements (obtained from the university in Tucson which has Riddle's collection)...he's been teaching himself arranging as a hobby and is fascinated by that kind of thing. Stories like May arranging "Come Fly With Me" are something else, huh?

[Biblical Calvinist]

PETER Sinatra ? I'm sure you meant to say FRANK Sinatra JR, who conducted for his Dad during the last years of Sinatra's performing career.