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About Ralph Sharon

Instrument: Piano

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Ralph Simon Sharon was a jazz pianist and arranger. Sharon was born in London, England, to an English mother and Latvian-born father. He emigrated to the United States in early 1954, becoming a naturalized citizen five years later. By 1958, Ralph Sharon was recording with Tony Bennett, the start of a more than 50 year working relationship as Bennett's "man behind the music" on many Grammy Award-winning studio recordings, and touring with Bennett for many years. He found "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" for Bennett, a year after placing it in a bureau and forgetting about it. Sharon discovered the manuscript while packing for a tour that included San Francisco

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Article: Interview

Paul Jost: The First Thing is Heart

by Chris M. Slawecki
February 12, 2015

Even for a musician who has been playing and singing since age six, Paul Jost has just come through one exceptional year. First, he released his debut with The Jost Project, Can't Find My Way Home (2013, Dot.Time Records), featuring the leader on vocals, harmonica and guitar, with drummer Charlie Patierno, double bassist Kevin ...

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Article: New York Beat

Tony Bennett: On Tour at 85

by Nick Catalano
November 18, 2011

Last weekend my myriad travels took me to Pittsburgh, where I was able to visit Heinz Hall to watch Tony Bennett defy nature and astound a packed house with his latest concert wizardry. Heinz Hall sits in the middle of a revitalized downtown Pittsburgh and has been wondrously restored, with gold-leafed columns, plush red carpeting and ...

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Sings Ellington Hot And Cool

By Tony Bennett

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Do Nothin Till You Hear from Me Bob Russell; Mood Indigo Barney Bigard Irving Mills; Shes Got It Bad And That Aint Good Paul Francis Webster; Caravan Mills Juan Tizol; Chelsea Bridge Billy Strayhorn; Azure Mills; Im Just a Lucky SoandSo David; In a Sentimental Mood Manny Kurtz Mills; Dont Get Around Much Anymore Russell; Sophisticated Lady Mills Parish; In a Mellow Tone Milt Gabler; Day Dream John La Touche Billy Strayhorn; Prelude to a Kiss Gordon Mills; It Dont Mean a Thing If It Aint Got That Swing Mills.

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