Klarinet Archive - Posting 000089.txt from 2004/07

From: Robert Wood <instruments@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Sinatra's Phrasing
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 23:03:35 -0400

Once after hearing Sinatra start a new phrase without a break- after a
previously long one - I asked some studio musician friends who had
worked on his sessions, and several said that he would wrap his arms
over his chest, and squeeze extra breath support at those times. Camera
men were careful to crop that out of their viewfinders. When he sang one
of those elongated phrases, it certainly took my breath away.

tony-w@-----.uk wrote:

>>>It's easy to forget how well Sinatra sang, by the way.
>>>
>>>
>>He was the best in his prime. He always said he learned to breathe and
>>phrase from listening to Tommy Dorsey's trombone playing while he was with
>>Tommy's band.
>>
>>
>
>Yes, Sinatra had excellent phrasing.
>
.

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