Travel back in time to the 1960’s for a fabulous evening of music and entertainment, reminiscent of a Frank Sinatra performance at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. Song stylist Jack Garrett and the amazing Atomic Wise Guys perform Sinatra’s classic hits, including “Fly Me to the Moon,” “My Way,” “One for My Baby (One More for the Road),” “Summer Wind,”“Nice N Easy,” “New York, New York” and many more. As a bonus, Jack and his ten-piece band perform hits from some of Frank Sinatra’s friends such as Tony Bennett, Frankie Valli, Dean Martin and Bobby Darin.

Featuring custom-written, deeply authentic band arrangements to reproduce the original Sinatra recordings, Let Me Be Frank is a fast paced, high-energy show including audience interaction and interesting information about Frank, both the man and his music.

The Atomic Wise Guys
Brian Cashwell – Pianist – Keyboard
Michael Sharfe – Bassist
Jim Leslie – Drummer – Music Director
Bill Dixon – Trombone – Trumpet – Music Arranger
Jeff Folkens – Lead Trumpet
Christopher Jeffery – Jazz Trumpet
Grant “King” Koeller – Tenor Sax
Jeff Spurlock – Alto Sax
Terry Staten – Baritone Sax
Jack Garrett – Vocalist

2025 Cincinnati Jazz Hall of Fame inductee and Manhattan Jazz Quintet leader Dave Matthews (no, not that Dave Matthews!) teams with Cincinnati music legend Carmon DeLeone in a special program featuring Matthews’ jazz arrangements of The Beatles and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Renewing a friendship dating back to their days at the University of Cincinnati, Matthews and DeLeone lead a 6-Piece Jazz Ensemble with a String Orchestra and premiere toe-tapping arrangements of sparkling creativity for the Queen City.

Sun Ra founded the Sun Ra Arkestra in Chicago in the mid-1950’s.

Sun Ra was among the earliest pioneers of the synthesizer and the free jazz revolution of 1960’s. Sun Ra sent a strong spiritual and musical message to his Arkestra wanting them to help make the universe better through positive vibrations and music.

The Sun Ra Arkestra are known worldwide for their live shows that combine big-band swing, space-age free jazz, be-bop, singing, dancing, chanting and Afro-pageantry. The Arkestra has been at the forefront of Afro-futurism since their inception.

The Arkestra have recorded more than 100 albums. Their 2020 album “Swirling” was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Big Band Jazz Ensemble recording. Their newest album “Lights On A Satellite” was released in February 2025.

After more than 60 years the band continue to circle the globe on their Inter-Galactic tour. Recent highlights include shows at the Kennedy Center with Solange, The Berlin Opera House, the Burlington Jazz Festival and a New York City show at Radio City Music Hall.

In 2025 they will be performing at the Big Ears Festival in Tennessee, a West Coast Tour, NY City Winter Jazz Fest and touring Australia and Europe as well as the DC Jazz Festival.

Few bands have travelled this far – cosmically and musically.

“The possible has been tried and failed. Now it’s time to try the impossible.”

Sun Ra

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