Danny Bennett

Tony Bennett: Sings Ellington Hot And Cool

Read "Sings Ellington Hot And Cool" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 1, 2000

All Class. In the end, there was Tony Bennett. Oft quoted and making a rock-hard point, Frank Sinatra once mused that Bennett was the finest male vocalist performing. And here in arguably the Autumn of his years is Bennett, performing at a new career height. Sings Ellington Hot and Cool is the fourth in a successful series of discs focusing exclusively on contemporaries of Bennett. These releases include 1992’s Perfectly Frank Frank Sinatra, Columbia 52965); 1993’s Steppin’ Out (Fred Astaire, ...

Music Industry

Universal Music Group Relaunches Verve Label Group, Danny Bennett Named Head

Source: HypeBot
May 21, 2016

\Universal Music Group announced that they are relaunching the Verve Label Group and appointed veteran manager and film & television producer (and Tony's son) Danny Bennett as the group's President and CEO. The newly relaunched Verve Label Group will be comprised of Verve and UMG's U.S. classical music labels including Deutsche Grammophon, Decca Records, Decca Classics, Mercury Classics, and distributed label ECM. The jazz and classical labels will maintain distinct A&R, marketing and promotions teams, while leveraging UMG's resources for ...
read more

Career

Danny Bennett on Managing Tony Bennett and the #1 Album Duets II [part 2]

Source: HypeBot
October 20, 2011

With the recent release of Duets II, Tony Bennett is not only making headlines but has also achieved his first no. 1 album on the Billboard 200. He has done so by staying true to himself and charting a path created with his son and manager Danny Bennett. Yesterday I wrote about Danny Bennett's approach to helping his father rebuild his career through the 90s at a time when the music industry was undergoing radical change. Today I skip to ...
read more

Career

Danny Bennett on Managing Tony Bennett, Alternative Marketing and Digital Music [part 1]

Source: HypeBot
October 19, 2011

Danny Bennett has been instrumental in the career of his father, Tony Bennett, yet he's received relatively limited public attention over the years. I recently spoke with Danny about his career, his marketing approach for Mr. Bennett and his longtime desire to push the music industry towards digital music and the web. Though this is a two-part interview, I could easily see doing an extended series on Danny's perspectives and experiences. Danny Bennett (Photo: Kelsey Bennett) I'm taking the liberty ...
read more