Frank Mantooth CD Now Available

Before he died, Frank was working on a CD using strings and orchestra, a medium that he was really excited about since he had mainly worked and wrote for big band and strictly jazz groups.  Shortly before his death he expressed his excitement to me about the project and how he had been studying orchestration with a professor from Wichita State.   One of the many things that inspired me about Frank was the fact that he never stopped learning and he never considered himself musically superior to anyone.  He was amazingly humble for the talent he possessed.   Regarding the string sessions in Prague, he remarked to me in typical Mantooth form "they are a little light on the air conditioning over there"..Thanks to the efforts of his wife Carrie, John Blane and Freddie Breitburg, Frank's last CD reached completion.   Here are the details..

The posthumously produced LADIES SING FOR LOVERS
by FRANK MANTOOTH (http://www.frankmantooth.com/) has been
released by Manchester Craftsman's Guild.

 

The CD features arrangements and orchestrations by Frank Mantooth and feature the following vocalists....

Karrin Allyson - "If You Could See Me Now"
Kirsten Gustafson - "When Did You Leave Heaven?"
Paula West - "You'll See"
Sunny Wilkinson - "You Don't Know What Love Is"
Jay Clayton - "It Never Entered My Mind"
Margaret Carlson - "Good Morning Heartache"
Oleta Adams - "My Heart Won't Lie"
Rebecca Parris - "Imagination"
Stacy Rowles - "Why Stars Come Out At Night"
Sheila Jordan - "Ballad Of The Sad Young Men"
Ann Hampton Callaway - "Nearness Of You/You're Nearer"
Diane Schuur - "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good"

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