Jeff Shadley's Tribute to
CIAO BABY
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Three Coins in the Fountain - Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn
Jeff Shadley, Combo
All of Me - Gerald Marks/Seymour Simons
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I Could Write a Book - Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
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Night & Day - Cole Porter
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My Funny Valentine - Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
Laurel Williamson, Band
Embraceable You - George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin
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Angel Eyes - Matt Dennis/Earl Brent
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South of the Border - Jimmy Kennedy/Michael Carr
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Teach Me Tonight - Gene De Paul/Sammy Cahn
Janet Rutland, Band
Ring-a-Ding Ding - Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cahn
Jeff Shadley, Janet Rutland, Band
Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Rube Bloom/Ted Koehler
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You Make Me Feel So Young - Joseph Myrow/Mack Gordon
Jeff Shadley, Ruby Shadley, Band
The Best Is Yet to Come - Cy Coleman/Carolyn Leigh
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Love For Sale - Cole Porter
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I Get a Kick out of You - Cole Porter
Laurel Williamson, Band
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Where or When - Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
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Moondance - Van Morrison
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The Girl From Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
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Have You Met Miss Jones? - Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
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Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' - Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II
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Come Fly With Me - Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cahn
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Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington/Bob Russell
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Beyond the Sea (La Mer) - Charles Trenet/Jack Lawrence
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Just in Time - Jule Styne/Betty Comden/Adolph Green
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I've Got You Under My Skin - Cole Porter
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The Ballad of Mack the Knife - Kurt Weil
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Personnel:
Sinatra Tribute Band
Jeff Shadley: Vocals/Trumpet
Laurel Williamson: Vocals
Janet Rutland: Vocals
Ruby Shadley:Vocals
Kathleen Kennedy: Producer
Lead Alto Saxophone: Victor Anderson
2nd Alto Saxophone: Reid Bennett
Tenor Saxophone: Mike Cameron
Tenor Saxophone: Rich Gable
Baritone Saxophone: Gary Linde
Lead Trumpet: Dave Johnson
Assistant Lead Trumpet: Bill Gable
Jazz Trumpet: Alex Warrior
Lead Trombone: Rod Clark
Trombone: Ceth Barnett
Trombone: Gene Morrison
Bass Trombone: Greg Funk
Piano: Jeff Newsome
Bass: Matt Hayes
Drums: Jared Johnson
Librarian: Ed Morse
Jeff Shadley has been a freelance musician in the Tulsa Area since 1980. He is an adjunct professor in the Music Department at The University of Tulsa where he teaches Digital Recording. He has been self-employed for over 10 years writing computer software for Tulsa-Area firms. Jeff's holds degrees Music and Electrical Engineering.
As with many Tulsa area musicians, Jeff is called upon to do a wide variety of styles and to work with a great many touring acts as they come through the Midwest. As such, Jeff has performed with Frank Sinatra Jr., Mel Torme, Vince Damone, Johnny Desmond, Johnny Mathis, Patti Page, Sandi Duncan, Maureen McGovern, Dianne Schuur, Rosemary Clooney, The Temptations, The OJs, The Freshmen, Dave Brubeck, Ellis Marsallis, and David Sanborn, to name a few.
Jeff appears on the second Sunday of each month and sporadically throughout the month at Ciao, Italian Restaurant and Jazz Club at 33rd and Peoria. Jeff is a frequent performer at The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame where he is called upon to perform his own material and occasionally to play the role of Dean Martin in "The Rat Pack". Jeff continues to perform througout the area with regional bands such as After Dark and Bobby Layne and as a side-man with Tulsa Area musicians like Don Ryan, Sonny Gray, Gayle Williamson and Soundz Good and Sony Recording Artist Brian Haas to mention a few.
Although Jeff's musical training is in Classical and Jazz trumpet, his first album, "When You Dream, Dream in Color," (released earlier this year 2008) featured mostly vocal numbers. This new musical dimension, and in particular Jeff's Rat Pack vocal stylings have sparked an almost overnight interest in Jeff as an all-around performer; a "front-man". Only time will tell if this persona will continue to develop or perhaps transform into yet something else.
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Janet Rutland has participated in SummerStage since 1996 with "Always Patsy Cline," "Honky Tonk Angles," and various cabaret shows. Janet first worked with Jeff in her show, "Screen Gems," and says, "Jeff is a terrific talent and an incredibly nice guy. I'm thrilled he asked me to be part of his spectacular Big Band tribute to Sinatra."
Laurel Williamson took vocal training at Tulsa University and now performs with two local jazz combos, SoundzGood and Shades of Gray. Recent musical theatre appearances include "Sophisticated Ladies," "Karaoke: The Brand New Unoriginal Musical," and "Santa's Got a Brand New Bag."
Ruby Shadley (Jeff's Daughter) has been a part of Jeff's act for almost a year. She continues to wow initially skeptical audiences at venues like The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, Ciao Restaurant and The Gilcrease Museum. Ruby will appear in a production called "Babes on Broadway" produced by Trinity Episcopal Church this summer and studies cello and guitar privately. She will attend Union 6th and 7th grade center this fall where she will sing in the choir. Ruby plays soccer, is an avid reader, and a talented writer.
Jeff Shadley's Tribute to Frank Sinatra
He called himself a "little guy," yet insisted on being treated like an emperor. He sang of romance, love, and marriage even as his amorous exploits reached Clintonian heights. He was a suspected Communist, a character in Kennedy's Camelot, and Ronald Reagan's pick for the Medal of Freedom. He started as the crooner at whose feet women threw themselves and fainted, screaming, "Frankie!" Later, when Frank Sinatra lost his golden voice and became a belter, his fans found out the world's first rock star detested rock 'n' roll.
Frank Sinatra was Sicilian through and through. His father and Lucky Luciano were born on the same street and baptized in the same church. So Sinatra's later intimacies with Sam Giancana were foreshadowed from birth. Remember the severed horse's head in the big shot movie producer's bed in "The Godfather?" That was Giancana's solution when Sinatra came crying that he wasn't going to get the coveted role in "From Here to Eternity." It was, in fact, a real-life offer that couldn't be refused. Frank Sinatra did get the role of Private Angelo Maggio and won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his efforts.
Francis Albert Sinatra was the son of a disturbed and enigmatic mother whose love he never stopped pursuing. And the way he pursued that love led to everything we envied and admired about Sinatra and his Rat Pack. But women, whiskey, and wonderful times were matched in intensity by heartbreak, breakdowns, and suicide attempts. When Sinatra died, we mourned in the knowledge that whether performing as Frankie, the Chairman of the Board, or Ol' Blue Eyes, the man LIVED.
Frank Sinatra started his musical career as a side-man with "The Hoboken Four." Almost immediately he vaulted from that humble start to being the featured vocalist first with Harry James, then with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, with whom he was named Billboard's male vocalist of 1941. The next year Sinatra took a gamble, quit the Dorsey Band, and signed as a solo act with Columbia Records. The dividends of that choice left Sinatra basking in the adoration of his beloved bobby soxers for almost a decade.
By 1953, though, Frank Sinatra had little reason for optimism. His position on the charts had slipped, public relations gaffs had tarnished his image, his acting career had suffered setbacks, and his marriage to Ava Gardner was a nightmare. But Sinatra would never stay down for long.
In his 1953 switch to Capitol Records, Sinatra was met with fresh vision and renewed faith in new success. He was paired with exuberant, energetic musical arrangers like Nelson Riddle and Billie May. It was this Capitol records union that left us Frank Sinatra's true legacy, the material we remember and love the most. Those nine years found Sinatra back on top personally and artistically.
Frank Sinatra was a master of recovery, re-invention, and an always-renewed zest for life. We will never forget him and we'll never stop loving that golden voice.
Note from Jeff Shadley
My introduction to the music of Frank Sinatra came in form of an LP called "A Swingin' Affair" that bore two names: my Mother's first and my Mother's maiden name. So, it is all the more meaningful that my late grandmother Gwendolyn Faris' estate is to some measured degree a sponsor of this program. If we live long enough, each of use will experience periods of personal (and artistic) growth. These can be painful periods and are almost uniformly awkward but the results can be stunning. Sinatra had the courage, tremendous work-ethic and talent to cultivate artistic growth throughout his career and this is what draws me to his story.
Note from producer, Kathleen Kennedy
I first caught Jeff Shadley when he and a jazz combo gave a "shakedown" performance in the Primo Room at my restaurant, Ciao. That was in May, 2005. Two years later, when my husband, James Andrews, and I were ready to put the final touches on our club, my first call was to Jeff Shadley.
Jeff's technical ability and knowledge of acoustics were key in getting my little room to sound and feel the way it does today. Now I'm the lucky woman who gets to showcase the best jazz players in in Tulsa. And Jeff Shadley is one of VERY best.
Jeff's generosity and compassion make me proud to be his friend. And his talent makes me honored to serve as his producer on this show.
I hope you experience a fraction of the joy watching and hearing Jeff Shadley's Tribute to Frank Sinatra that I've had working on it. Thank you, Jeff!
