Frank D'Rone - Chicago

[Ivan Shapiro]

Frank D'Rone, famous jazz vocalist (and plays amazing guitar) has gigs in Chicago area. February 8 & 9 at Green Mill. Then March 1 at Chambers.
Visit www.frankdarone.com for home page and http://frankdarone.com/FD_News.aspx for details.

Frank recorded for Mercury during the late 50s and 60s, including with arranger Billy May. On his homepage there are recording clips of some material.

[Ivan Shapiro]

I forgot to mention in the above post that we discovered material recorded in the 1980s at a club in Chicago. It was Frank with a trio backing him up. The performance and the audio are great. He will be releasing it soon. He scats and plays in unison and/or in harmony.

Those who are fans might want to email and ask about it. His email is darone32@msn.com. And I know his people will give you the details. HTH

[graypencil]

for those of you in the chicago area who've never heard of frank,make a effort to see and hear him ! if you like john pizzerelli, d'rone is the model for most anything john does ( except that d'rone is a FARsuperior vocalist!)

he's an amazing vocalist / guitarist that never got the kind of national attention he deserved.

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by graypencil

for those of you in the chicago area who've never heard of frank,make a effort to see and hear him ! if you like john pizzerelli, d'rone is the model for most anything john does ( except that d'rone is a FARsuperior vocalist!)

I don't think I've ever heard D'Rone, but I know he has a great reputation as a "singer's singer." I should hope he's a far superior vocalist to John Pizzarelli. Most people I know are.

[Ivan Shapiro]

Originally Posted by Pete C

I don't think I've ever heard D'Rone, but I know he has a great reputation as a "singer's singer." I should hope he's a far superior vocalist to John Pizzarelli. Most people I know are.

Not only is Frank a gifted singer, but he is a fantastic guitarist !!
He still has good pipes.