Bobby Schiff

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Frank Lamphere: Frank Songs, My Way: Frank Lamphere Sings Sinatra

by David Bondelevitch
March 10, 2026

"Now that's original... How'd he ever come up with that one?" These words open the press material for Frank Songs, My Way: Frank Lamphere Sings Sinatra, and it is a solid question, with so many albums of Frank Sinatra covers. It would be tough to top Tony Bennett's Perfectly Frank (Columbia Records, 1992).       Performers who cover other performers tend to make two mistakes. First, they often pick the obvious songs, which have probably been covered many times, ...

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Bobby Schiff: Late Game

by Jerry D'Souza
April 24, 2006

Bobby Schiff made this debut as a leader at sixty, after having played on several projects for other musicians over the years. Late Game also gave him the opportunity to play with Stewart Miller and Chuck Christiansen, with whom he has a warm empathy, and to open up his love for Brazilian music and strings. He also added some of his favourite standards.

Schiff wrote two tunes. “Wonder Bop is snap-happy, with Schiff showing his gift for melodic ...