Results for "Tony Bennett"

I Wanna be Around

Featuring the music of Tony Bennett
Duration: 2:57
November 16, 2006

Tony Bennett: Duets: An American Classic

by Ernest Barteldes
November 12, 2006

Tony Bennett, a Queens-born singer, celebrates his 80th with his voice sounding as great as it has been for years; on Duets, he revisits some of his classics with a group of friends and admirers. Some of the guest appearances on these tracks are not really surprising, like Barbra Streisand's on “Smile." Celine Dion is one ...

Joe Wilder: A True Living Legend

by Greg Thomas
February 10, 2006

Joe Wilder, a true living legend of the trumpet, is at long last getting what fellow brass great Roy Eldridge used to call “his screen credits . After 60+ years of superlative support work in big bands, Broadway pit orchestras and commercials, Wilder is finally headlining his own quartet at the Village Vanguard. ...

Tony Bennett: The Complete Improv Recordings

by Andrew Rowan
February 3, 2006

Once upon a time the line between jazz singing and jazz-tinged popular singing was blurred. Singers like Mabel Mercer, Sylvia Syms and Bobby Short roamed the borders between jazz, pop and cabaret, and the world was better for it. On the jazz side, singers like Billie Holiday, Joe Williams, Carmen McRae and Shirley Horn looked across ...

Tony Bennett Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook

By Tony Bennett

Label: Concord Jazz
Released: 2005

Tony Bennett Opens Kimmel Center Mellon Jazz Festival Season

by Victor L. Schermer
September 22, 2005

Tony Bennett is an icon of popular culture. His ascendance in that pantheon began with his famous endorsement by Frank Sinatra as the nation's best male vocalist, and a string of hit recordings lifted him to the top. Culturally, Bennett and Sinatra came to represent the two sides of the American male of the 1940's through ...

The Art Of Romance

By Tony Bennett

Label: Sony Legacy
Released: 2004

Jazz Ballads [2-CD set]

By Various Artists

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2004

Fifty Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett

By Tony Bennett

Label: Sony Legacy
Released: 2006

The Complete Improv Recordings

by Jim Santella
December 10, 2004

While the 1970s turned popular music upside down, Tony Bennett maintained a casual composure. Throughout the turmoil, he continued to bring us pleasant ballads and heartfelt classics. From his own Improv label, this 4-CD anthology reissues five albums: Life is Beautiful , Tony Bennett Sings 10 Great Rodgers and Hart Songs , Tony Bennett Sings More ...