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Sound of Sinatra

Friday, February 05, 2010, 11:20

THEY say nobody does Frank Sinatra better than Stephen Triffitt, and fans in South Devon will get the chance to find out later this month.

As one journalist put it: "You'd swear you're listening to the original."

For five years Triffitt played Sinatra in the hit show The Rat Pack in the West End, and he has toured throughout the UK, Europe, the Far East and America.

He has even played a seven-week stint at the Sands Hotel in Vegas itself.

Now he is taking to the road with a new show, Sinatra Live At The Sands, which was a show captured for posterity on the 1966 album of the same name.

It provides the perfect glimpse of Sinatra at the height of his vocal powers, an entertaining genius who had the world at his feet.

Set in the lounge of the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel, Sinatra Live At the Sands is powered by a full band emulating the Count Basie Orchestra under the musical direction of a young Quincy Jones.

The pairing of Basie and Sinatra was magical, causing Sinatra to say it was 'probably the most exciting engagement I've ever done in my life'.

Triffitt's show highlights all the different guises Frank had at his disposal and features some of his best-loved hits such as Under My Skin, Come Fly With Me and My Kind Of Town, some of his most famous saloon ballads and some of his most-exciting but lesser-known songs.

Tickets are on sale now for the show at the Princess Theatre, Torquay, on February 26 at 7.30pm. Call 0844 847 2315 or visit www.princesstheatre.org.uk

Sound of Sinatra

 

   


















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