JazzTimes (pp.66-67) - "This is Sinatra at the very top of his game. He owns Reprise, he owns a piece of the Sands, and the world is his high-flying playground."
Recorded At Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV. May 1978
Personnel: Al Viola, Tony Mottola, Ron Anthony (guitar); Charles Turner (trumpet); Vincent Falcone, Lou Levy, Bill Miller (piano); Jim Hughart, Gene Cherico (bass instrument); Irv Cottler (drums); Count Basie Orchestra, Nancy Sinatra, The Antonio Morelli Orchestra.
Recording information: The Sands, Las Vegas, Nevada; Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada; Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada (1961 - 1987).
There's a reason why Frank Sinatra and Las Vegas are so closely linked: Ol' Blue Eyes was supremely comfortable in Sin City, allowing for many of his greatest performances over the decades, as revealed on this excellent 2006 four-CD/one-DVD collection of previously unreleased material. While the first two discs present Sinatra at the Sands during his 1960s heyday, the third and fourth discs consist of '80s concerts. Naturally, the '60s recordings find the Chairman of the Board in top form, as the deep-voiced crooner breezes through jazz/pop classics such as "Moonlight in Vermont" and "Come Fly with Me," the latter part of a remarkable set with Count Basie and his orchestra. However, the '80s shows are also impressive, revealing that Sinatra could still stun an audience late in his storied career, a notion further backed up by video footage of a swinging late-'70s concert at Caesar's Palace.
DVD Features:
DVD Includes:
1. Backstage (Before The Show)
2. Welcome To Caesars
3. All Of Me
4. Maybe This Time
5. The Lady Is A Tramp
6. Didn't We?
7. Someone To Watch Over Me
8. Something
9. Baubles, Bangles And Beads
10. The Gal That Got Away/It Never Entered My Mind
11. Monologue
12. My Kind Of Town
13. Send In The Clowns
14. Monologue
15. Don't Worry About Me
16. Introductions
17. My Way
18. America The Beautiful
19. Backstage (After The Show)
Bonus Commericals:
1. Sinatra: Freedom To Live (Version 1)
2. Sinatra: Freedom To Live (Version 2)