The Special Magic Of Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett on DRG Records
CDMRS 801

Presented on DRG Records, these sessions were arranged and conducted by Torrie Zito. The tracks were recorded circa 1975 and the album was released in 1979. Tracks 1 to 12 are actually a Cole Porter medley with tracks 13 to 18 coming from Broadway and the pop world.

TRACKS:

• 1. What Is This Thing Called Love (Cole Porter)
• 2. Love For Sale (Cole Porter)
• 3. I'm In Love Again (Cole Porter)
• 4. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Cole Porter)
• 5. Easy To Love (Cole Porter)
• 6. It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter)
• 7. Night And Day (Cole Porter)
• 8. Dream Dancing (Cole Porter)
• 9. I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter)
• 10. Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter)
• 11. What Is This Thing Called Love (Cole Porter)
• 12. Experiment (Cole Porter)
• 13. One (Marvin Hamlisch-Edward L. Kleban)
• 14. This Funny World (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)
• 15. Lost In The Stars (Kurt Weill-Maxwell Anderson)
• 16. As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfeld)
• 17. I Used To Be Color Blind (Irving Berlin)
• 18. Mr. Magic (MacDonald-Salter)

Tony Bennett & Bill Evans
Together Again

Tony Bennett on DRG Records
CDMRS901

This second collaboration between Tony Bennett and Bill Evans was produced by Helen Keane for DRG Records. The tracks were recorded at Columbia Studios, San Francisco, California on September 27-30, 1976. The album's liner notes cites various quotes from the composers: Alec Wilder - "Tony performs A Child Is Born with special tenderness. He gives to each word a verbal image, extremely sensitive respect and lovingness. He sings the lovely melody with piano accompaniment only, which is all that is needed, since it is in the phenominally talented hands of Bill Evans."

That kind of sums up the quality of this production. The two collaborations between Bennett and Evans, The Tony Bennett-Bill Evans Album and Together Again, should be in every collection of the best in jazz.

TRACKS:

• 1. The Bad And The Beautiful (David Raksin-Dory Langdon Previn)
• 2. Lucky To Be Me (Leonard Bernstein-Betty Comden-Adolph Green)
• 3. Make Someone Happy (Jule Styne-Betty Comden-Adolph Green)
• 4. You're Nearer (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)
• 5. A Child Is Born (Thad Jones-Alec Wilder)
• 6. The Two Lonely People (Bill Evans-Carol Hall)
• 7. You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye-Gene DePaul)
• 8. Maybe September (Percy Faith-Jay Livingston-Ray Evans)
• 9. Lonely Girl (Neal Hefti-Jay Livingston-Ray Evans)
• 10. You Must Believe In Spring (Michel Legrand-Marilyn Bergman-Alan Bergman)
  
  

The Tony Bennett
Bill Evans
Album

Tony Bennett on Fantasy OJCCD-439-2 (F-9489)

With Tony Bennett on vocals and Bill Evans on piano, this album is pure genius! Recorded at the Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA on June 10th-13th, 1975 and produced by Helen Keane. All you need do is just sit back and listen...

MUSICIANS:

Tony Bennett-vocals
Bill Evans-piano

TRACKS:

• 1. Young And Foolish (Albert Hague-Arnold Horwitt)
• 2. The Touch Of Your Lips (Ray Noble)
• 3. Some Other Time (Leonard Bernstein-Betty Comden-Adolph Green)
• 4. When In Rome (Cy Coleman-Carolyn Leigh)
• 5. We'll Be Together Again (Carl Fischer-Frankie Laine)
• 6. My Foolish Heart (Victor Young-Ned Washington)
• 7. Waltz For Debbie (Bill Evans-Gene Lees)
• 8. But Beautiful (Jimmy Van Heusen-Johnny Burke)
• 9. Days Of Wine And Roses (Henry Mancini-Johnny Mercer)