About this project
This is an exciting moment for me as an artist. Frank Sinatra has long been a guiding light in my career: the golden voice, unmistakable presence, and ease with both full orchestra and swinging jazz combos. Now, I'm opening the creative process of my 14th studio album to you from the very beginning.
The Best Is Yet To Come partners me with one of the greatest living jazz arrangers, John Clayton, to explore Sinatra's legacy from a new vantage point. We're examining the deep musicianship and lineage he inherited from both Tommy Dorsey and Billie Holiday. This isn't nostalgia. It's active jazz practice, treating Sinatra's music as a living, evolving language.
What You'll Experience
Through ArtistShare, you'll follow the entire journey as it unfolds: early rehearsals and arranging sessions, studio recording, final release, and live performances. You'll see how we draw from classic albums like In the Wee Small Hours, Come Fly With Me, and the groundbreaking Watertown, watching the music take shape in real time. You'll witness the architecture behind the arrangements: how tempo and feel are negotiated, how Sinatra's rhythmic freedom and lyrical depth get translated for the contemporary jazz voice. This is the craft revealed.
Your Role
Your participation plays an integral part in bringing this music to life. Whether you're joining as a Friend Participant or an Executive Producer, you're not just supporting a recording. You're becoming part of the creative process itself, invited into a discovery I'm genuinely excited to share.
I look forward to making this journey together.
photography by Janette Beckman
