"Perfectly Frank" on Night Lights

[ghost of miles]

It was a longstanding disappointment with Frank Sinatra's fans that he didn't do more small-group jazz recordings. This week on Night Lights we present some of the ones that he did do, including rare broadcasts from his 1953-55 radio program To Be Perfectly Frank, some late-1940s sides for Columbia, an all-star gathering with Nat King Cole, Coleman Hawkins, and others on "Sweet Lorraine," a Nelson Riddle arrangement from the LP In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, and a live date in 1959 with Red Norvo's combo. "Perfectly Frank" airs Saturday, September 17 on WFIU at 11:05 p.m.; it also airs on WNIN-Evansville at 10 p.m. as well. (Two hours earlier on the West Coast, one hour later on the East Coast.) The program will be archived Monday afternoon.

Next week: "The James Dean Story." Music performed by Chet Baker and Bud Shank and dialogue from the 1957 Robert Altman documentary, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Dean's death (9/30).

[vibes]

Sounds like a great show. I love that Red Norvo date. I'll be sure to check the archives (I'm usually asleep by 9pm).

[AllenLowe]

that is my favorite Sinatra CD -

Edited September 19, 2005 by AllenLowe

[ghost of miles]

"Perfectly Frank" is now archived.

[ghost of miles]

Up for rebroadcast this evening at 11:05 EST on WFIU and at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville; the program will also air Sunday evening at 10 EST on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio. It is already available for online listening under the date of Sept. 17, 2005 in the Night Lights archives.