The Summit: In Concert

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Concert with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., recorded live at the Villa Venice, Chicago, ILL

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Drunken, tacky, and undoubtedly a piece of history, The Summit: In Concert captures a 1962 Chicago supper-club show by the three biggest names in the Rat Pack. The apparently unedited tape clocks in at more than 78 minutes, with plenty of the trio’s banter preserved–for better or worse. (Sinatra: “Shut up, Sam, and sit in the back of the bus!” Davis: “Jewish people don’t sit in the back of the bus!” Sinatra: “Jewish people own the bus!”) There’s some fine singing, of course; though Sinatra seems to be going through the motions during most of his solo miniset, his “When Your Lover Has Gone” is a highlight, as is Davis’s “Out of this World.” More an intriguing document than an entertaining repeat listen–thanks in part to the anarchic interruptions of many of the second half’s songs–Summit is for those who already own the guys’ truly worthy recordings. –Rickey Wright