Tony (album)
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Released | January 14, 1957 | |||
Recorded | June 6 & September 11–13, 1956 | |||
Studio | CBS 30th Street Studio, New York | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 33:27 | |||
Label | Columbia CL 938 | |||
Producer | Ernest Altschuler | |||
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Tony is a 1957 Columbia US album (CL938) and Philips UK album (BBL 7138) re-titled "Tony Bennett Showcase", by singer Tony Bennett It reached number 14 on the Billboard album chart in 1957.[1]
Track listing[]
- "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 2:58
- "You Can Depend on Me" (Charlie Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) - 2:14
- "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) - 3:29
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) - 2:09
- "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 3:28
- "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:37
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 2:32
- "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) - 2:48
- "Always" (Irving Berlin) - 2:59
- "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:00
- "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 3:25
- "Without a Song" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) - 2:48
Tracks recorded on June 6 (#11), September 11 (#1-4), September 12 (#5, 8, 10, 12), September 13 (#6-7, 9), 1956.
Personnel[]
- Tony Bennett - vocals
- Orchestra conducted by Ray Conniff (#1-10 & 12) and Percy Faith (#11)
- Gil Evans - arranger
- A. Epstein, A. Howard, Bernard Kaufman, J. Palmer, E. Powell, F. Schwartz, Wolf Taninbaum, W. Versaci, Stan Webb, Milt Yaner - r
- Phil Bodner - alto sax, tenor sax, cl
- Peter Pumiglio - alto sax, cl
- Billy Butterfield, Bernie Glow, Dale McMickle, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen - trumpet
- Robert Alexander, Larry Altpeter, Albert Godlis, Urbie Green, T. Mitchell, Jack Satterfield - trombone
- Dick Hyman, Bernie Leighton - piano
- D. Arnone, Al Caiola, Chuck Wayne - guitar
- I. Cusikoff, Lucien Schmidt, Alan Schuman - vc
- Frank Carroll - bass
- H. Breuer, William Exiner, M. Grupp - drums
- Mike Stewart - backing vocals
Strings[]
- R. Bocho, Julius Brand, Samuel Carmell, Emanuel Green, Julius Held, H. Hoffman, Leo Kruczek, Milton Lomask, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Julius Schachter - violin
- Sidney Brecher, Richard Dickler - viola
References[]
Categories:
- 1957 albums
- Tony Bennett albums
- Albums arranged by Gil Evans
- Columbia Records albums