The Main Event – Live

The Main Event – Live is a live album and television special by Frank Sinatra from 1974.

The Main Event – Live
Live album by
Released1974
RecordedOctober 1974
GenreTraditional pop
Length50:42
LabelReprise
Frank Sinatra chronology
Some Nice Things I've Missed
(1974)
The Main Event – Live
(1974)
Portrait of Sinatra - Forty Songs from the Life of a Man
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

  1. Overture: "It Was a Very Good Year"/"All the Way"/"My Kind of Town" (Ervin Drake)/(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)/(Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:12 (introduction by Howard Cosell)
  2. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:02
  3. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:37
  4. "Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi le Temps)" (Paul Anka, Cahn, Michel Jourdon, Caravelli) – 3:26
  5. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 2:45
  6. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Porter) – 4:44
  7. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" (Jim Croce) – 2:49
  8. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 8:32
  9. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 2:49
  10. "The House I Live In (That's America to Me)" (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) – 6:41
  11. "My Kind of Town" – 3:01
  12. "My Way" (Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault) – 4:57

Personnel

Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd

  • Woody Herman - Clarinet/Alto Saxophone/Leader
  • Alto Saxophone: Gary M. Anderson
  • Tenor Saxophone: Jerry Dodgion, Gregory Herbert, Frank Tiberi
  • Baritone Saxophone: John Oslawski
  • Trumpet: Gary Pack, Nelson Hiatt, Dave Stahl, Buddy Powers, Billy Byrne
  • Trombone: Urbie Green, Dale Kirkland, Jim Pugh, Vaughn Weister
  • Piano: Andy LaVerne
  • Bass: Ron Paley
  • Drums: David Carey

String section

  • Violine: Joe Malin (lead violin), Peter Dimitriades, Dave Kunstler, Avram Weiss, Harry Urbont, Stan Karpienia, Max Hollander, Carmel Malin, Julius Brand, Peter Buonconsiglio, Max Cahn, Julius Schachter
  • Viola: Vinnie Liota, Maurice Pollock, George Brown, Mike Spivakowsky
  • Cello: Anthony Sophos, Alan Shulman, Gloria Lanzarone, Julius Ehrenworth
  • Pedal Harp: Margaret Ross
Recording
  • Engineered by: Ed Green[2]
  • Record Plant NY White Truck

References

See also

  • Sinatra: New York (2009): features Frank Sinatra performing at Madison Square Garden from October 12, 1974.
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