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SUMMARY:JOSÉ JAMES SINGS SINATRA
LOCATION:Star Theater\, 13 NW 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR
DESCRIPTION:José James Sings Sinatra\n\nThe celebrated jazz vocalist expl
 ores the legacy of one of the greatest American voices of all time.\n\nFor
  internationally renowned jazz singer José James\, this project is fate. 
 In 2016\, James was called by Universal Pictures to perform Sinatra's vers
 ion of "I've Got You Under My Skin" for the blockbuster film 50 Shades Dar
 ker. James—a devoted student of Sinatra—accepted the role and soon fou
 nd himself in the hallowed halls of Capitol's Studio B\, behind the very m
 icrophone Sinatra used to record his most celebrated catalog for Capitol R
 ecords.\n\n"It was a huge honor and a surprise\," remembers James. "There 
 was a moment where engineer Al Schmitt brought out the famous Neumann U47\
 , including the wooden box it lives in. On that box\, written in black Sha
 rpie in all caps\, was just one word—FRANK. Sinatra was letting everyone
  know that this was his house and anyone who dared to scale the heights of
  his mountaintop had better be prepared."\n\nJames rose to the challenge\,
  performing that song onscreen in the film and recording another Sinatra c
 lassic\, "They Can't Take That Away From Me\," for the official movie soun
 dtrack. Following that release\, James has been in high demand\, performin
 g at the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival for both a Frank Sinatra tribute wit
 h the Count Basie Orchestra as well as with the Christian McBride Big Band
 . He also performed with Laura Mvula alongside the Melbourne\, Sydney\, an
 d Perth Symphony Orchestras\, and has been a featured performer with the J
 azz at Lincoln Center\, Royal Concertgebouw\, and Metropole Orchestras.\n\
 nIn September 2026\, James will release his 14th studio album The Best Is 
 Yet to Come\, a groundbreaking reexamination of one of America's greatest 
 voices from the most exciting male jazz singer of the moment. For James\, 
 this project is a reclamation—both live and on record—of Sinatra's bri
 lliance as a jazz singer\, a rhythmic improviser from the schools of Billi
 e Holiday and Tommy Dorsey. With big band arrangements by the legendary Jo
 hn Clayton\, this is no mere nostalgia trip\, but a deeper look into the c
 raft and mastery of the Chairman of the Board.\n\nhttps://www.startheaterp
 ortland.com/tm-event/jose-james-sings-sinatra-2/
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