All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman

All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman
All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman
Studio album by Johnny Hartman
Released	1957
Recorded	November 1956
Venue	New York
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:34
Label	Bethlehem; BCP 6014
Producer	Red Clyde
Johnny Hartman chronology

All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman is a 1957 album by Jazz singer Johnny Hartman. It was released on the Bethlehem label. The album was reissued in 2000 with four additional tracks, alternate takes of songs from the original album.^[2]^[3]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]

Scott Yanow reviewed All of Me for Allmusic and wrote that the album's "emphasis is on ballads (always Hartman's strong point) with the highlights including 'Blue Skies,' 'Tenderly,' 'The Lamp Is Low' and 'I Concentrate on You.'"^[3]

Track listing[]

"Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) - 2:57
"I Could Make You Care" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) - 3:36
"Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 3:23
"The Lamp Is Low" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter) - 2:44
"While We're Young" (William Engvick, Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder) - 2:58
"The Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) - 2:57
"I'll Follow You" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 3:34
"I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) - 3:50
"Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 3:47
"I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 3:09
"The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding) - 3:21
"All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 2:19

Alternate takes released on 2000 CD reissue

"Blue Skies" - 3:27
"I Get a Kick Out of You" - 3:25
"Birth of the Blues" - 3:00
"All of Me" - 2:26

Personnel[]

From The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story.^[1]

Johnny Hartman - vocals
Howard McGhee - trumpet
Ernie Royal - trumpet
Frank Rehak - trombone
Anthony Ortega - alto saxophone
Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone
Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute
Danny Bank - baritone saxophone
Hank Jones - piano
Milt Hinton - double bass
Osie Johnson - drums
Ernie Wilkins - arranger, conductor (1,6,10,12-16)
Frank Hunter - arranger, conductor (2-5,7-9,11)
Frank Hunter string orchestra

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Akkerman, Gregg (2012). The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story. Studies in Jazz, No. 68. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810882812.
^ Bethlehem Records discography accessed May 12, 2015
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c All of Me at AllMusic
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (7th ed.). London: Penguin. ISBN 9780141014166.

[Akkerman-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Akkerman, Gregg (2012). The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story. Studies in Jazz, No. 68. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810882812.

[2] Bethlehem Records discography accessed May 12, 2015

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c All of Me at AllMusic

[Penguin_Guide-4] Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (7th ed.). London: Penguin. ISBN 9780141014166.

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