The Essential Tony Bennett (Legacy) 2 CD set New Factory Sealed Artist: Bennett, Tony Release Date: 2002 Format: CD Record Label: Legacy Recordings Number of Discs: 2 Discs UPC: 696998663428 Genre: Pop Sub-Genre: Jazz Track listing DISC 1: 1. Because of You - (mono) 2. Cold, Cold Heart - (mono) 3. Blue Velvet - (mono) 4. Rags to Riches - (mono) 5. Stranger in Paradise - (mono) 6. Sing You Sinners - (mono) 7. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - (mono) 8. Just in Time - (mono) 9. It Amazes Me 10. Love Look Away 11. Firefly 12. Put on a Happy Face 13. Best Is Yet to Come, 14. Tender Is the Night 15. Once Upon a Time 16. I Left My Heart in San Francisco 17. I Wanna Be Around 18. For the Good Life 19. This Is All I Ask 20. When Joanna Loved Me 21. Rules of the Road, The - (previously unreleased) DISC 2: 1. Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me) 2. If I Ruled the World - (from "Pickwick") 3. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) 4. Shadow of Your Smile, The - (from "The Sandpiper") 5. Smile 6. Very Thought of You, The 7. For Once in My Life 8. Yesterday I Heard the Rain 9. My Favorite Things 10. I Do Not Know a Day I Did Not Love You 11. How Do You Keep the Music Playing? 12. When Do the Bells Ring For Me? 13. Night and Day 14. Last Night When We Were Young 15. Steppin' Out With My Baby 16. It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - (live) 17. Mood Indigo 18. Keep the Faith, Baby - (with k.d lang) Details Contributing artists: Al Cohn, Bobby Hackett, Count Basie His Orchestra, Jimmy Rowles, K.D. Lang, Ralph Sharon Distributor: Sony Music Distribution ( Recording type: Studio Recording mode: Mixed SPAR Code: n/a Album notes Personnel includes: Tony Bennett, k.d. Lang (vocals); Percy Faith, Ray Conniff, Frank DeVol, Ralph Burns, Marty Manning, Don Costa, Johnny Mandel, Torrie Zito, Robert Farnon (arranger, conduct); Al Cohn (tenor saxophone); Bobby Hackett (cornet); Jimmy Rowles, Tommy Flanagan (piano); Count Basie His Orchestra; Ralph Sharon Trio. Producers include: Mitch Miller, Ernie Altschuler, Teo Macero, Danny Bennett, David Kahne. Compilation producers: Steve Berkowitz, Didier C. Deutsch. Recorded between 1951 2001. All tracks have been digitally remastered. It's almost shocking to realize that before this collection's release, the career of musical legend Tony Bennett had been extensively anthologized only in box-set format and never by a career-spanning two-disc compilation. Upon inspection, it seems like the ultimate no-brainer--pick some of the mainly highlights from this vocal sensation's 50-year career, put them in chronological order, and let the magic happen. Happen it does, as we're treated to gems from every phase of Bennett's oeuvre. Casual listeners may be surprised to learn that the '50s found Tony successfully reinventing Hank Williams's "Cold Cold Heart" alongside more customary fare such as signature song "Rags to Riches." No one will be shocked at the very necessary inclusion of the '60s comeback smash "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," but those who think of Bennett as an artifact belonging only to Sinatra's time will be educated by the subsequent material included here. From the sinuously jazzy "Steppin' Out with My Baby" to a moving take on the Elllington evergreen "Mood Indigo" and an album-closing duet with K.D. Lang, the more contemporary material here makes just as convincing a case as the earlier work for Bennett as THE living master of the Great American Songbook. Portions of this page Copyright 1948 - 2008 Muze Inc. All rights reserved