JRR 4 Feb

This is another chance to hear last year’s tribute to Tony Bennett, originally broadcast on 13 Aug 2023.

 

DISC 1

Artist               Tony Bennett

Title                Old Devil Moon

Composer       Lane, Harburg

Album             Cloud 7 (on 5 Classic Albums)

Label               Avid

Number          AMSC 1391 CD 1 Track 4

Duration         2.54

Performers    Tony Bennett, v; Charles Panely, t; Al Cohn, ts; Dave Schildkraut, as; Gene Di Nova, p; Chuck Wayne, g; Clyde Lombardi, b; Sonny Igoe, d. 6 Aug 1954

 

DISC 2

Artist               Tony Bennett

Title                Just One of Those Tings

Composer       Cole Porter

Album             The Beat of My Heart

Label               Columbia Legacy

Number          88985406872 Track 12

Duration         2.03

Performers    Tony Bennett, v; Nat Adderley, c; Al Cohn, ts; Ralph Sharon, p; Milt Hinton, b; Art Blakey, d. 14 Oct 1957.

 

DISC 3

Artist               Tony Bennett / Count Basie

Title                Life Is a Song

Composer       Ahlert / Young

Album             Basie/ Bennett  (on 5 Classic Albums)

Label               Avid

Number          AMSC 1391 CD 2 Track 4

Duration         2.54

Performers    Tony Bennett, v; Count Basie, p; Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley, t; Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Al Grey, tb; Marshal Royal, Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell, Charlie Fowlkes, reeds; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d. Jan 1959.

 

DISC 4

Artist               Tony Bennett / Dave Brubeck

Title                That Old Black Magic

Composer       Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer

Album             The White House Sessions Live 1962

Label               Columbia

Number          888837 18042 Track 16

Duration         3.20

Performers    Tony Bennett, v; Dave Brubeck, p; Gene Wright, b; Joe Morello, d. 1962

 

DISC 5

Artist               Tony Bennett

Title                Danny Boy

Composer       Trad

Album             Tony Bennett / Jazz

Label               Columbia

Number          723855 Track 21

Duration         4.57

Performers    Tony Bennett, v; Stan Getz, ts; Herbie Hancock, p; Ron Carter, b; Elvin Jones, d. 1964

 

DISC 6

Artist               Tony Bennett

Title                Sweet Lorraine

Composer       Mitchel Parish, Cliff Burwell

Album             If I Ruled the World – songs for the Jet Set

Label               CBS

Number          BPG 62544 Track 7

Duration         3.41

Performers    Tony Bennett, v; Joe Marsala, cl; Bobby Hackett, ukulele. 1965

 

DISC 7

Artist               Tony Bennett

Title                Thou Swell

Composer       Rodgers / Hart

Album             Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook

Label               Concord

Number          CCD 2243-2 Track 11

Duration         2.11

Performers    Tony Bennett, v; Ruby Braff, c; George Barnes, Wayne Wright, g; John Guiffrida, b. 1977

 

DISC 8

Artist               Tony Bennett / Bill Evans

Title                Some Other Time

Composer       Bernstein, Comden, Green

Album             The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album

Label               Fantasy

Number          F 9489 Track 3

Duration         4.42

Performers    Tony Bennett, v; Bill Evans, p. 1975

 

DISC 9

Artist               Tony Bennett / Bill Evans

Title                You Must believe in Spring

Composer       Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman, Jacques Demy

Album             Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Together Again

Label               Improv

Number          7177 Track 10

Duration         5.47

Performers    Tony Bennett, v; Bill Evans, p. 1977

 

DISC 10

Artist               Tony Bennett

Title                There’ll be some changes made

Composer       Higgins, Overstreet

Album             Life is Beautiful

Label               Concord

Number          00013431219521 Track 10

Duration        2.59

Performers    Tony Bennett, v; Torrie Zito, p, arr, dir; John Giuffrida, b; Chuck Hughes, d, plus big band. 1975

 

DISC 12

Artist               Tony Bennett

Title                The Good Life / I Wanna Be Around

Composer       Sasha Distel, Jack Reardon / Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt

Album             MTV Unplugged

Label               Columbia

Number          Track 11

Duration         EOM 3.00

Performers    Tony Bennett, v; Ralph Sharon, p; Doug Richeson, b; Clayton Cameron, b. 1994

 

DISC 12

Artist               Tony Bennett and K D Lang

Title                You Can Depend on me

Composer       C Carpenter, Carl Dunlop, E Hines

Album             A Wonderful World

Label               Columbia

Number          COL 509870 2  Track 4

Duration         3.01

Performers    Tony Bennett, K D Lang, v; Scott Hamilton, ts; Lee Musiker, p; Paul Langosch, b Gray Sargent, g; Clayton Cameron, d. 2002

 

DISC 13

Artist               Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap

Title                Pick Yourself Up

Composer       Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields

Album             The Silver Lining, the Songs of Jerome Kern

Label               Sony Music

Number          88875145742 Track 2

Duration         2.57

Performers    Tony Bennett, v; Bill Charlap, p; Peter Washington, b; Kenny Washington, d. 2015

 

DISC 14

Artist               Tony Bennett and Diana Krall

Title                Fascinatin’ Rhythm

Composer       G and I Gershwin

Album             Love is here to Stay

Label               Verve

Number          0060256778295 Track 10

Duration         2.43

Performers    Tony Bennett and Diana Krall, v, Bill Charlap, p; Peter Washington, b; Kenny Washington, d. 2018.

 

 

DISC 15

Artist               Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett

Title                I Get a Kick Out of You

Composer       Cole Porter

Album             Love for Sale

Label               Polydor

Number          3540840 Track 6

Duration         3.34

Performers    Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, v, plus big band.  Released Aug 3, 2021.