Tony Bennett-The Beat Of My Heart

tony bennett on Columbia Records: CK 66502

Produced by Mitch Miller (that's right) and Al Ham and recorded in June and October 1957 and is the realization of an idea of Tony's to record a collection of standards featuring drums and voice.

Ralph Sharon arranged and conducted and played a little piano, while guys like Chico Hamilton, Jo Jones, Kai Winding, Art Blakey, Al Cohn, Nat Adderley, Candido, Sabu, Billy Exiner, Herbie Mann among others wailed behind Tony. The tracks were recorded at the Columbia 30th Street Studios in New York City. The CD was released as a part of The Tony Bennett Master Series...

MUSICIANS:
on #5,6,9,12,13: Chico Hamilton-drums; John Pisano-guitar; James Bond-bass
on #2,8,17: Jo Jones-drums; Eddie Costa-vibes; Eddie Safranski-bass; Kai Winding, James Dahl-Robert Alexander, Ziskind Lieb-trombone
on #3,4,7,10: Billy Exiner, Candido, Sabu-drums; Herbie Mann, Bobby Jaspar, William Slapin, Vincent Vittorio, Spencer Sinatra-flute
on #1,11,14,15,16: Art Blakey-drums; Ralph Sharon-piano; Al Cohn-tenor sax; Nat Adderley-trumpet; Milt Hinton-bass

TRACKS:

• 1. Let's Begin (Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach)
• 2. Lullaby Of Broadway (Harry Warren-Al Dubin)
• 3. Let There Be Love (Ian Grant-Lionel Rand)
• 4. Love For Sale (Cole Porter)
• 5. Crazy Rhythm (Joseph Meyer-Roger Wolfe Kahn-Irving Caesar)
• 6. The Beat Of My Heart (Harold Spina-Johnny Burke)
• 7. So Beats My Heart For You (F.D. Ballard-Charles E. Henderson-Tom L. Waring)
• 8. Blues In The Night (Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer)
• 9. Lazy Afternoon (Jerome Moross-John Latouche)
• 10. Let's Face The Music And Dance (Irving Berlin)
• 11. Just One Of Those Things (Cole Porter)
• 12. It's So Peaceful In The Country (Alec Wilder)
• 13. In Sandy's Eyes (T. Borelli)
• 14. I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter)
• 15. You Go To My Head (J. Fred Coots-Haven Gillespie)
• 16. I Only Have Eyes For You (Harry Warren-Al Dubin)
• 17. Begin The Beguine (Cole Porter)