Bennett Sings Ellington Hot & Cool

Release Date	September 28, 1999
Label	RPM, Columbia
Release Number	CK 63668
Format	CD

Bennett Sings Ellington Hot & Cool was released in 1999.

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Overlays

Songs

Track Layout
1	Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me	4:01	8	In A Sentimental Mood	3:31
2	Mood Indigo	4:33	9	Don’t Get Around Much Anymore	3:16
3	She’s Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)	4:49	10	Sophisticated Lady	4:43
4	Caravan	4:36	11	In A Mellow Tone	6:54
5	Chelsea Bridge	3:59	12	Day Dream	3:56
6	Azure	3:56	13	Prelude To a Kiss	4:55
7	I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So	3:39	14	It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)	4:02

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Primary Musical Personnel

Vocals	Tony Bennett
Piano	Ralph Sharon
Guitar	Gray Sargent
Bass	Paul Langosch
Drums	Clayton Cameron
Trombone	Al Grey (She Got It Bad)
Trumpet	Wynton Marsalis (Mood Indigo, Chelsea Bridge, She Got It Bad)
Violin	Joel Smirnoff (Sophisticated Lady, Prelude To a Kiss)

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Sessions

Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool was recorded in May, 1999 at The Hit Factory, New York.

Production Personnel

1999 ORIGINAL RELEASE
Producers	Tony Bennett, Danny Bennett
Recorded and Mixed by	Joel Moss
Assistant Engineers	Rob Murphy, Jason Groucott, Steve Schweidel
Mastering	Greg Calbi
Production Coordinator	Vance Anderson
Engineering and Design Live Studio Monitoring	Tom Young
A&R	Don DeVito
Art Direction	Arnold Levine, Josh Cheuse
Design	Frank Harkins
Photography	Herman Leonard
Liner Notes	Nat Hentoff
Orchestral Charts arranged and conducted by	Jorge Calandrelli
Orchestra contractor	Jesse Levy
Big Band Charts arranged and conducted by	Ralph Burns
Band Contractor	Emile Charlap

Credits

Recorded and mixed at The Hit Factory, New York
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York
Clayton Cameron uses Regal Tip Sticks and plays Ludwig drums
Ralph Sharon uses Steinway pianos exclusively provided by ProPiano, New York
Tony Bennett uses Sennheiser and Neumann microphones exclusively
Wynton Marsalis appears courtesy of Columbia Records
Joel Smirnoff appears courtesy of Sony
Al Grey appears courtesy of Grey Rose Music, Inc.

Awards

2000: Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

Additional Releases

2011: Disc #65 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874603-JK63)

The Playground

Release Date	September 29, 1998
Label	RPM, Sony Wonder
Release Number	CK 69380
Format	CD

The Playground was released in 1998.

Overlays

Songs

Track Layout
1	The Playground	3:36	10	Firefly (duet with Kermit the Frog)	1:32
2	Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive	2:37	11	When You Wish Upon a Star	2:58
3	Dat Dere	3:17	12	It’s Only A Paper Moon	2:49
4	Little Things (duet with Elmo)	3:09	13	The Inchworm	2:41
5	Put On a Happy Face (duet with Rosie O’Donnell)	3:01	14	The Bare Necessities	2:41
6	Because We’re Kids	3:25	15	Make The World Your Own	3:48
7	My Mom	4:38	16	All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm	2:10
8	Swinging On a Star	2:04	17	Christmas in Herald Square	3:25
9	Bein’ Green (duet with Kermit)	2:41

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Primary Musical Personnel

Vocals	Tony Bennett, Elmo, Kermit the Frog, Rosie O’Donnell
Piano	Ralph Sharon
Guitar	Gray Sargent
Bass	Paul Langosch
Percussion	Clayton Cameron
Kids America Children’s Choir	Jonathan Bleicher, Leanna Chabala, John Daley, Juisina Quarteri, Andrea Viola, Kate Walsh, Jackie Zampela

Sessions

The Playground was recorded in June, 1998 at The Hit Factory, New York.

Production Personnel

1998 ORIGINAL RELEASE
Producers	Tony Bennett, Danny Bennett
Musical Consultant	Bobby Tucker
Recorded and mixed by	Joel Moss
Recording and mixing assistants	Michael McCoy, Jason Groucott
Digital Editing	Jan Folkson, Jason Groucott and Paul Falcone
Technical Assistance	Karl Kussmaul, Terry Murphy
Mastering	Greg Calbi
Production Coordinator	Vance Anderson
A&R	Don DeVito
Art Director	Arnold Levine, Josh Cheuse
Photography	Mark Seliger
Choir Musical Director	Manfred Knoop
Choir Musical Director Assistants	Nancy Coletti, Ed Kessel

Credits

Kevin Clash’s appearance as Elmo by permission of the Children’s Television Workshop and The Jim Henson Company
Steve Whitmire’s appearance as Kermit the Frog by permission of the Children’s Television Workshop and The Jim Henson Company
Rosie O’Donnell
Tony Bennett uses Sennheiser and Newmann microphones exclusively.
Ralph Sharon uses Steinway pianos exclusively provided by ProPiano, New York.
Clayton Cameron uses Super Classic Ludwig drums, Zidljian cymbals, Calato sticks, Clayton Cameron drum brushes, Gibraltar guitar pedals and Remo drum heads.

Additional Releases

2011: Disc #64 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874603-JK62)

On Holiday

Release Date	February 4, 1997
Label	Columbia
Release Number	CK 67724
Format	CD

On Holiday was released in 1997.

Overlays

Songs

Track Layout
1	Solitude	2:57	11	My Old Flame	2:55
2	All Of Me	1:44	12	That Ole Devil Called Love	4:00
3	When a Woman Loves a Man	3:11	13	Ill Wind	3:04
4	Me, Myself and I	2:05	14	These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)	4:22
5	She’s Funny That Way	4:20	15	Some Other Spring	4:41
6	If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)	2:04	16	Crazy She Calls Me	3:53
7	Willow Weep For Me	3:00	17	Good Morning Heartache	2:37
8	Laughing at Life	3:26	18	Trav’lin’ Light	2:33
9	I Wished on the Moon	2:46	19	God Bless The Child (with Billie Holiday)	2:32
10	What a Little Moonlight Can Do	2:45

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Primary Musical Personnel

Vocals	Tony Bennett, Billie Holiday (on God Bless The Child)
Piano	Ralph Sharon
Bass	Doug Richeson
Drums	Clayton Cameron
Trumpet	Lew Soloff
*Orchestra (God Bless the Child)*	Count Basie and His Orchestra

Sessions

Tony Bennett On Holiday was recorded in June, 1996 and January, 1997 at Clinton Recording Studios, New York and at National Edison Recording Studios, New York.

Production Personnel

1997 ORIGINAL RELEASE
Producers	Tony Bennett, Danny Bennett
Strings arranged and conducted by	Jorge Calandrelli
Musical Consultant	Jesse Levy
Recorded and Mixed by	Joel Moss
Assisted by	Robert Friedrich, Keith Shortreed
Mastered by	Greg Calbi
Production Coordinator	Vance Anderson
A&R	Don DeVito
Art Direction	Arnold Levine, Josh Cheuse
Design	Josh Cheuse
Photography	Nigel Perry

Production Personnel for God Bless The Child

1997 ORIGINAL RELEASE
Producer	Phil Ramone
Engineers	Frank Filipetti, Rob Eaton
Mixed by	Rob Eaton
Mastering	Greg Calbi

Credits

Recorded and mixed at Clinton Recording Studios, New York (except God Bless the Child)
God Bless the Child recorded and mixed at National Edison Recording Studios, New York and Sound on Sound, New York
God Bless the Child mastered at Masterdisk, New York
Tony Bennett uses Sennheiser and Neumann microphones exclusively
Billie Holiday’s performance of God Bless the Child from Swing: Best of the Big Bands, Volume 1, provided courtesy of MCA Home
Count Basie’s appearance on God Bless the child by permission of Count Basie Enterprises, Inc. Aaron Woodward, President
Billie Holiday appearance by permission of L. Miflin Hayes / Estate of Billie Holiday

Awards

1998: Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

Additional Releases

2011: Disc #63 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874603-JK61)

Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs

Release Year	September 1973
Label	Improv
Release Number	IMP-7113
Format	12″ LP Stereo

Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs was released in 1976.

Overlays

Songs

Side One		Side Two
This Can’t Be Love	1:37	Spring Is Here	2:40
Blue Moon	2:10	Have You Met Miss Jones?	3:18
The Lady Is A Tramp	2:26	Isn’t It Romantic	3:20
Lover	3:46	Wait ‘Til You See Her	1:24
Manhattan	3:14	I Could Write a Book	3:09

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Additional Songs for 2004 CD Release of Tony Bennett Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook

This Can’t Be Love (alternate take #1)

1:42

I Could Write a Book (alternate take #2)

3:14

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Primary Musical Personnel

Vocals	Tony Bennett
The Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet
Cornet	Ruby Braff
Guitar	George Barnes
Guitar	Wayne Wright
Bass	John Guiffrida

Sessions

Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs was recorded in two sessions in July, 1973.

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Production Personnel

1976 ORIGINAL RELEASE
Producer	Tony Bennett
Engineer	Frank Laico
Art Direction	Rudolph de Harak

Additional Releases

2011: Disc #50 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874603-JK49)

Tony Bennett Sings “Life Is Beautiful”

Release Year	1975
Label	Improv
Release Number	IMP-7112
Format	12″ LP Stereo

Life is Beautiful was released in 1975.

Overlays

Songs

Side One		Side Two
Life is Beautiful	2:28	This Funny World	2:48
All Mine	2:55	As Time Goes By	3:14
Bridges	3:37	I Used To Be Color Blind	2:23
Reflections	3:36	Lost In The Stars	4:06
Experiment	1:48	There’ll Be Some Changes Made	3:03

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Additional Songs for 2003 Concord Release

Cole Porter Medley

12:49

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Additional Songs for 2011 CD Release

There’s Always Tomorrow	2:16
One	2:23
Mister Magic	2:53	(arranged and conducted by Ralph Sharon)

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Primary Musical Personnel

Vocals	Tony Bennett
Torrie Zito Trio
Piano	Torrie Zito
Bass	John Guiffrida
Drums	Chuck Hughes

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Sessions

Session information for this album is not available.

Production Personnel

1972 ORIGINAL RELEASE
Arrangements and Conducting	Torrie Zito
Recording Engineer	Frank Laico
2003 CD RELEASE
Executive Producer	John Burk
Remastering	Seth Present
Art Direction	Abbey Anna
Artist Coordination	Chris Dunn
Cover Photo	Tom Copi

Additional Releases

1975: Life Is Beautiful IMP 7112 (UK)
2003: Life is Beautiful CD Concord Jazz CCD 2195-25
2011: Disc #49 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874603-JK48)