Tag Archives: Sinatra

How Sinatra taught Lester Young and Miles Davis how to play ballads

By Rob Fletcher | Published: October 17, 2011
“At his home in Queens, a borough of New York City, Lester Young, one of the most original tenor saxophonists in jazz history, was telling me he never played a ballad without first learning the lyrics. I asked him his source for the lyrics. Pointing to a stack of recordings near his chair he said, “Frank [...]
Posted in Music, Passion, Persistence, Purpose | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments closed

“Jazz is about the moment you’re in” – What Bono learned from Sinatra

By Rob Fletcher | Published: October 12, 2011
After recording a duet with Frank Sinatra, Bono visited him in his Palm Springs home where Bono admired one of his paintings (Sinatra was also a painter). Sinatra told him: “The painting is called ‘Jazz’ and you can have it.” Then…“Jazz is about the moment you’re in. Being modern’s not about the future, it’s about [...]
Posted in Music | Also tagged , , , , | Comments closed

  • Do you want to be at your best?

    At Your Best takes Rob Fletcher’s blend of strengths, music, fun and content that he uses to create high-performing teams and distills it into four clear, positive steps for your success: passion, play, purpose and persistence.

    At Your Best is the title of Rob Fletcher’s next book and you can read it here as he writes it, one post at a time.

    Rob Fletcher
    Rob Fletcher

  • Get help to be At Your Best via RSS or straight to your inbox

     Subscribe in a reader
    or
    Enter Your email address:
    Follow Me