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Frank
Lamphere Biography
Chicago
based retro crooner and now songwriter Frank Lamphere, whose live performances
have always been heavy on Rat Pack, Tony Bennett, Jack Jones and the like, on
February 01, 2012 will release an EP of swinging self written and produced
songs titled Frank Swings.
Lamphere,
despite several studio recordings and high profile gigs at Jilly's and the
Peninsula Hotel has been for years, "Soaring under the radar". He
loves nightclub work but describes most nightclubs as "not knowing if they
are music venues or sports bars". Consequently, with keen marketing and
business management skills (Frank has run a west suburban deck construction
company A-Affordable Decks for twenty years) he took his niche act to
corporate America, and has experienced great success. Frank and his diverse
bands perform shows for local merchants to Fortune 500 companies. Country
clubs, theaters and such venues as the famous Empire Room, the 95th Floor in
the John Hancock, and the Marriott Marquis in Times Square have all played host
to Rat Pack Jazz (Lamphere's music brand) There are also weddings and
the occasional and welcomed festival that offer a nice change of
pace.
Frank Swings whose five cuts not
only represent Lamphere's first outing as a songwriter but, his first self
released studio work since 2002's Ain't Love a Kick. Early in his
career Lamphere admittedly went for the Frank or Dean vocal sound but
eventually realized to have a chance at artistic success he had to blaze his
own musical path. Over the years he has crafted a singing style all his own, studied
and polished his sound and vocal presentation. In 2007 Frank began committing
to paper the melodies that were coming into his head ever more frequently and
has emerged as a writer with something relevant to add to the jazz and pop
standards conversation.
All
of the songs, recorded at the popular Studiomedia Recording Company, feature a
stellar piano trio and alternating tenor and alto sax work by one of Chicago's
finest jazz soloists Eric Schneider. As an added attraction, trumpeter Art
Davis joins the band on the first and fourth tracks. That first track "I
Never Forgot', has been licensed to
an independent film production company for inclusion in an upcoming release
"Teresa is a Mother".
With the release of these fresh
songs with top notch performances and backed with some powerful national radio
promotion Frank is hopeful that Frank Swings, will be a memorable
listening experience, that people who enjoy this genre demand. A product that
will remain timeless, that widens his loyal fan base and provides more quality
musical performance opportunities. If proven worthwhile, future projects will
include the release of more original songs and a Dean Martin tribute is in the
works.
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